WE at the Wellness Centre want to wish you and yours a healthy and happy holiday season. There are a lot of wonderful volunteer opportunities taking place these days and we are so grateful for your support!
On November 1, we kicked off the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign for the 28th time! In less than a month, over 200 community members in need will be receiving the goods necessary to help fill their pantries for the holiday season.
To make this happen, we need your volunteer support to prepare the hampers. Assembling close to 700 boxes, sorting piles of donated food (yes, back again!), packing the boxes carefully and then driving these boxes to the front doors of our community members are just some of the ways your efforts make this heartwarming initiative a success. We couldn’t do it without you!
Once again, I have been overwhelmed by the incredible responses from you, the volunteers! All of the over 120 volunteer shifts are now full. If you have signed up, you will see your shift under your schedule tab within the volunteer platform.
If you didn’t get a chance to sign up, you can still be added to the backup list or contribute in other ways. Here are the others ways that you can support this initiative:
- Make a monetary donation to help purchase the essentials to cook a traditional holiday meal for each recipient.
- Drop off a nonperishable food item at one of our collection sites.
- Support a fundraiser
- Follow us @Québec City Community Christmas Hamper Campaign on Facebook and share the news with your family and friends.
Check out the qchampers.ca website to learn more.
Wishing you and yours a heartfelt holiday season of getting back more than you give,
Elise
