The Allie Sunshine Project was started in honour of Allison ChartrandHayes who lost her life to leukemia in 2014
It's the biggest turn out yet at the fourth annual Allie Sunshine Project Plant Sale and Give Away in Lakeshore.
More than 700 people made their way through the memorial for the late Allison Chartrand-Hayes — her life was cut short by leukemia in 2014.
Her husband Jeremy Hayes and family have kept her spirit alive by helping others, something Hayes tells CTV News defined how she lived her life.
"Even from a very young age she was looking for any opportunity to provide herself and her family with health and wellness," he says.
Hayes says vegetable plants are given away at the event to help encourage home gardening and health choices - flowers are sold to help pay for education programs for the Allie Sunshine Project.
"To give them the opportunity to take a plant, connect with the earth, grow their own food and have that independence and personal wellness choice," says Hayes. "Beyond what you can provide for yourself out of your backyard garden, to take those choices with you everywhere you go."
He says Allison is looking down on the event and smiling.
"Absolutely overwhelmed and overjoyed with the opportunity that we've grasped in animating her spirit," he says. "She would be completely honoured."
The Allie Sunshine Project continues to support blood drives, gardening, and educational programs throughout Windsor-Essex.
— with files from CTV Windsor's Ricardo Veneza