The need for more foster homes throughout northeastern Ontario is on the rise.

On Friday, outside of Johnson’s Your Independent Grocer, North Eastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services (NEOFACS) and the Foster Families Association Ontario North-East, hosted their seventh annual foster recruitment food drive and BBQ fundraiser.

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Melanie Watson, communications coordinator with NEOFACS, told The Daily Press that they have often done this initiative around Thanksgiving, sometimes in June, but felt that this was the best time.

“We know that before Thanksgiving, its very busy, and its a good time of year to get the shelves stocked at the Timmins Food Bank,” she said.

“In two weeks, at the end of October, its foster families appreciation week. So we kind of do that in c

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