Get your hot chocolate here! Barrie kids brew up community spirit
Nikki Cole
Published: Jan 27, 2026
Barrie Today
Excerpt
A young Barrie family is warming up their neighbourhood — and giving back to the community — through a homemade hot chocolate stand raising money for charity.
Alex and Ava Marks, along with their mother Leah, will be braving the cold again this Friday between 1 and 3 p.m., as they host their hot chocolate stand outside their Trevino Circle home, near Bayfield and Hanmer streets in north Barrie.
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