Members of the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign organizing committee pose for a photo during a recent meeting: (back row): Rev. Katherine Burgess (St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church), Audrey Kelly (Jeffery Hale Community Services), Maria Castro (Eastern Québec Learning Centre), Shirley Nadeau (campaign chairperson, Chalmers-Wesley United Church & QCT), Mary Thaler (St. Michael’s Anglican Church), Nectaria Skokos (JH Partners), Alain Patrick (CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence); (front row): Andrée Lemieux (St. Patrick’s Church), Lindsay Jarjour (Quebec Baptist Church), Susan Doucet (community volunteer), Elise Holloway (JH Partners), Jean-Sébastien Jolin-Gignac (JH Partners), Manuela Flores Denti (Morrin Centre). Absent when photo was taken: Brigitte Wellens (campaign spokesperson, Voice of English-speaking Québec), Kim Garrity (CBC), Duncan Smith, Derek White, Nancy Boulanger & Julie Le Floch (Saint Brigid’s Home), Rev. Darla Sloan (Église Unie St-Pierre et Pinguet), Ed Sweeney (Central Québec School Board), Chantal Lafrenière (Fraser Recovery Program), Olena Peleshok (MCDC). (Photo by Céline Lebigot-Poirier courtesy of the CCHC)

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS HAMPER CAMPAIGN: Give to the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign and help deliver some goodness this holiday season

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COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS HAMPER CAMPAIGN

Give to the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign and help deliver some goodness this holiday season

Submitted by Brigitte Wellens, campaign spokesperson

The 29th Community Christmas Hamper Campaign is now underway! Please help us “deliver some goodness” by giving to this wonderful community initiative before Dec. 21 in the following ways:

Donate: Write a cheque, give cash or donate online toward the $50,000 annual objective. Funds buy fresh produce and other goods to supplement donated items. You can mail a cheque or donate online using our easy and secure form. Try scanning our handy QR code.

Give food: Drop off non-perishable food at one of several sites around town, including at the Voice of English-speaking Québec Holiday Happy Hour at the Morrin Centre on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Check best-before dates before donating food. No expired, homemade, used or opened items, please.

Volunteer: Help collect, sort and pack food, and deliver the hampers to homes in need.

For details about how you can contribute, please visit qchampers.ca, send an email to give@qchampers.ca, or call Hamper Headquarters at 418- 684-5333, ext. 11835. Follow the Quebec City Community Christmas Hamper Campaign Facebook page to see how the community is supporting this initiative and share your fundraisers.

About the Campaign

Since 1995, the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign has been delivering good- ness to over 200 homes in the Greater Quebec City region at Christmas time. The organiz- ing committee of this huge annual initiative is composed of representatives from 18 organizations from the local English-speaking community.

Heartfelt thanks to you – our donors, volunteers and numerous partners – for your unwavering devotion to this act of kindness toward those in need.

Members of the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign organizing committee pose for a photo during a recent meeting: (back row): Rev. Katherine Burgess (St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church), Audrey Kelly (Jeffery Hale Community Services), Maria Castro (Eastern Québec Learning Centre), Shirley Nadeau (campaign chairperson, Chalmers-Wesley United Church & QCT), Mary Thaler (St. Michael’s Anglican Church), Nectaria Skokos (JH Partners), Alain Patrick (CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence); (front row): Andrée Lemieux (St. Patrick’s Church), Lindsay Jarjour (Quebec Baptist Church), Susan Doucet (community volunteer), Elise Holloway (JH Partners), Jean-Sébastien Jolin-Gignac (JH Partners), Manuela Flores Denti (Morrin Centre). Absent when photo was taken: Brigitte Wellens (campaign spokesperson, Voice of English-speaking Québec), Kim Garrity (CBC), Duncan Smith, Derek White, Nancy Boulanger & Julie Le Floch (Saint Brigid’s Home), Rev. Darla Sloan (Église Unie St-Pierre et Pinguet), Ed Sweeney (Central Québec School Board), Chantal Lafrenière (Fraser Recovery Program), Olena Peleshok (MCDC). (Photo by Céline Lebigot-Poirier courtesy of the CCHC)

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS HAMPER CAMPAIGN: Give to the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign and help deliver some goodness this holiday season was last modified: November 5th, 2024 by QCT Editor