The five Realtors from Sutton Group – Incentive Realty in Barrie, Ont. who make up the Hometeam recently conducted their own food drive, visiting 2,500 households and collecting 2,600 pounds of food. The team includes Stuart Anderson, Diane Neto, Mark Turcotte, Carolyn Bickerton and Graham Gray.

“Last year, 30,000 people relied on the Barrie Food Bank,” says Neto.  “It seemed like a perfect project for us because we wanted to make a direct difference and get involved in a local charity that wasn’t money-based.  Many people have been struggling financially in our community.  Use of the Barrie Food Bank has gone up by about 30 per cent in the past year.”

On two Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm, each team member visited 500 households.  They transported the food in four vans that were lent for free by Discount and Budget rental agencies.