The Morrow’s of Drumbo and Lions Club of Drumbo are hosting another food truck fundraiser on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
The event will take place in the parking lot of Morrow’s of Drumbo and feature four to five food trucks, with ten per cent of their sales going toward playground upgrades at Drumbo Park.
Rob Kennedy, owner of Morrow’s of Drumbo, said the food truck fundraiser series first started last year when Sandor Dosmon, who runs the Fo’Cheezy food truck, approached him with the idea.
“I’ve had Sandor and his food truck here on certain days just to serve food for my staff or customers, and so he had approached me because he’s done similar events like this in other small towns. He usually gets a group of food trucks together and a certain percentage of the sales from the trucks go towards a local charity. I told him that I was a Lions member, that it’s a great community organization we have in Drumbo, and I would love to see the proceeds go towards that.”
With the partnership in place, the two decided to host monthly food truck events throughout the summer, with proceeds going to the Drumbo Lions Club to support a new outdoor education and play space at Blenheim District Public School.
“It ended up going really well. A lot of people in the community were talking about it through the winter and early spring, and I was hearing from all of our members that we should do it again,” said Kennedy. “It was just nice to have everybody out when we did it, and it was well supported by the community of Drumbo too, so we decided to go ahead and do it again this year.”
Now in its second year, funds from the food truck series are going towards supporting accessible playground upgrades at Drumbo Park.
Since May, local residents, as well as those from the nearby area, have been showing every third Tuesday of the month to support the initiative.
“Everyone seems to like it because they bump into neighbours or people they haven’t seen for a while and the whole parking sort of turns into a bit of a courtyard,” said Kennedy. “There’s often people I don’t even recognize either, so I assume we’re bringing people out from the greater Drumbo area too. It’s great because when you’re from a small town, going to get McDonald’s isn’t as easy if you live in a city, so this is an opportunity for people to get something they can’t normally get as well.”
While the food truck offerings often switch up, residents have gotten to indulge in everything from gourmet grilled cheese, ice cream, beaver tails, fries and burgers, tacos, coffee and more
With the event running from 4 to 7 p.m., Kennedy also keeps the doors of his modern-day general store open an hour longer than his usual 6 p.m. closing time.
“We have two buildings, one is our retail location where we sell everything from groceries, hardware, liquidation items and clothing, and the other building across the parking lot has building supplies,” he said. “We sell everything from roofing steel to structural steel and farm supplies out of there. We’ve extended our hours an hour longer than normal, so people can come, look around and help support a good cause.”
