The Sudbury Charities Foundation was established in 1967 to raise money to support development programming for underprivileged youth in Sudbury. The Festival of Lights raises an average of about $25,000 annually. The Sudbury Manitoulin Children’s Foundation “Send A Kid To Camp” program has been the largest beneficiary of the funds raised at the Festival of Lights, receiving approximately $50,000 annually. These funds have sent nearly 3500 children to camp since 1984. 

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Other recipients include: 

Ten Rainbows Foundation
Big Brothers Sudbury and District
Childhood/Enfance
The Salvation Army
Sudbury Foodbank
All Nations Church – Youth Programs
Boy Scouts

NEO Kids Foundation

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