The scarecrow display at 213 Saugeen Street in Southampton is part of the Chantry Island Cham-bettes Sharecrow Food Drive.

Hub Staff

The Chantry Island Cham-bettes Sharecrow Food Drive is underway with crafty scarecrows and spooky displays scattered about Saugeen Shores neighbourhoods.

The initiative runs until October 31 with an aim to restock local food banks. Each display that has registered their address with the Cham-bettes has a spot for passers-by to leave donations.

"On November 1st we meet at the Boat House and get it all together," said Cham-bettes President Gay Ashdown when we caught up with her and Past President Lori Johnston at Southampton Foodland October 20.

This is the fifth year for the initiative with a cumulative 19 tons of food and $18,100 donated locally. Contributions are divided equally between Salvation Army Food Bank, Saugeen First Nation Food Bank, Living Hope Food Basket and Saint Vincent De Paul Society Food Bank.

"Food banks are just desperate. With how expensive everything is it's hard for people for make ends meet," said Ashdown. "If two people are working and only making minimum wage they can't afford food," she said.

The Cham-bettes initiative has now opened up to community organizations across North America through sharecrows.org.

Local tour maps and information can be found at Chantry-Island-Cham-bettes.sharecrows.org.

Bruce County Museum got in on the action with this pirate themed display.

This display at 339 Parkwood Drive in Port Elgin pays homage to CBC's Schitt's Creek. The depiction of Daniel Levy's character, David Rose, is holding a speech bubble in his left hand that reads, "Ew, David! Feed me now." A food basket sits to his right.

The residents at 479 Mill Street went all out with their display that occupies both street fronts of this corner lot. A portion of it can be seen here.

This display can be found at Port Elgin United Church, 840 Bruce Street.

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We found Southampton Rotary's Dave Bertrand and Cathy Janveau setting up their display at Perkins Park October 20. It's a band and in addition to collecting donations for the Cham-bettes' initiative, they're hoping to raise awareness about their musical instrument drive in support of instrumental music programs at local schools.

Past President Lori Johnston and President Gay Ashdown were at Southampton Foodland October 20 collecting donations and handing out maps for the Tour.

This display can be found at the Solomon Knechtel House, 106 Victoria Street South in Southampton.