The small town of Wynyard has hit some big fundraising goals.

"We sold Taco-in-a-Bag, which I had never heard of until I came to Wynyard, and we've duplicated this throughout different organizations and different areas...we LOVE it!"

A huge initiative by the Sofina Foundation began in 2014 in support of their Dream Builder Campaign, a program that funds three major charitable organizations: the Children's Wish Foundation, the Sunshine Foundation and the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

This year's goals were achieved in many ways, says Vice President of the Sofina Foundation (based in Markham, ON), Umeeda Madhany, including the Taco-in-a-Bag sales.

Several Employees of Sofina Foods in Wynyard, a.k.a The Wynyard Dream Team, also held raffles, bake sales, sales of handknitted items, silver collection, and silent auctions.

Employees from the Sofina Foods, Inc. plant in Wynyard have dedicated their time, skills and money in a cumulative year-long effort to raise over $10,000 for a local young recipient of a Children's Wish (Story to follow).

The community fundraising event held in Wynyard on Monday was a huge success this year and Madhany says that the event alone raised over $2,000.

"(It's) the efforts of the people from the community...Our employees and everybody else that embraced this. They are the really the heroes in all of this. They are the ones that embraced this cause and made it the success that it is. We really couldn't do this without them."

Madhany says the Dream Team from Wynyard spent part of their Grey Cup Sunday at the Civic Centre, preparing for the event. Although costs to host the event is supplied by Sofina Foods, Madhany says it's the hard work and dedication from its employees that make this fundraising campaign the success that it is.

"We are so indebted to them. We're so grateful that we have this incredible employee base, that every single year, will come through for us."

The Sofina Foundation helps raise funds for chidren's charities across the country, in locations where the company operates, and matches each dollar raised, dollar-for-dollar.