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Remember when you look down at your not-so-beloved Brussels sprouts this Christmas that not every family is lucky enough to enjoy such a holiday feast.
This year’s demand for festive food hampers is up by 23 per cent, leaving the Christmas Exchange Program with a waiting list of 3,000. More than half of the people in need of assistance are children and seniors.
On Wednesday morning, more than 200 volunteers donned their Santa hats and best ugly Christmas sweaters before heading to the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne. There, while upbeat music filled the room, corporate partners and community leaders filled hampers with food.
From left, Caring and Sharing Exchange executive director Cindy Smith with Ottawa MP Catherine McKenna at the Hamper Packing Day held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the nonprofit’s Christmas Exchange Program to provide food hampers to individuals and families in need.
The annual Hamper Packing Day gives people a tangible way to help, explained Cindy Smith, executive director of the Caring and Sharing Exchange nonprofit that runs the food hamper and gift voucher program. Even more meaningful, she added, is when volunteers deliver the hampers and get to meet the people receiving them.
Helpers included Ottawa MP Catherine McKenna, Ottawa MPPs John Fraser and Yasir Naqvi, and Mayor Jim Watson with city councillors Jean Cloutier, Keith Egli and Mark Taylor.
From left, Mayor Jim Watson and city councillors Mark Taylor (Bay Ward) and Keith Egli (Knoxdale-Merivale Ward) were among the community leaders to volunteer at the Hamper Packing Day, held at the Horticulture Building on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in order to fill 500 food hampers for individuals and families in need this Christmas.
The program has a special place in the heart of Paul Lalonde, who recruited his darling wee daughters to help out. Lalonde, a law partner at Emond Harnden, is also the board president of the Caring and Sharing Exchange. He recalled how his grandmother, as a single mom of four in the 1950s and ’60s, relied on such a program so that her family could enjoy a Christmas dinner together. “My family knows firsthand the difference that we’re all making today,” he told the crowd before it rolled up their sleeves and got to work.
Around Town photos: Volunteers pack xmas hampers while demand grows
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This year’s demand for festive food hampers is up by 23 per cent, leaving the Christmas Exchange Program with a waiting list of 3,000. More than half of the people in need of assistance are children and seniors.
On Wednesday morning, more than 200 volunteers donned their Santa hats and best ugly Christmas sweaters before heading to the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne. There, while upbeat music filled the room, corporate partners and community leaders filled hampers with food.
From left, Caring and Sharing Exchange executive director Cindy Smith with Ottawa MP Catherine McKenna at the Hamper Packing Day held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the nonprofit’s Christmas Exchange Program to provide food hampers to individuals and families in need.
The annual Hamper Packing Day gives people a tangible way to help, explained Cindy Smith, executive director of the Caring and Sharing Exchange nonprofit that runs the food hamper and gift voucher program. Even more meaningful, she added, is when volunteers deliver the hampers and get to meet the people receiving them.
Helpers included Ottawa MP Catherine McKenna, Ottawa MPPs John Fraser and Yasir Naqvi, and Mayor Jim Watson with city councillors Jean Cloutier, Keith Egli and Mark Taylor.
From left, Mayor Jim Watson and city councillors Mark Taylor (Bay Ward) and Keith Egli (Knoxdale-Merivale Ward) were among the community leaders to volunteer at the Hamper Packing Day, held at the Horticulture Building on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in order to fill 500 food hampers for individuals and families in need this Christmas.
The program has a special place in the heart of Paul Lalonde, who recruited his darling wee daughters to help out. Lalonde, a law partner at Emond Harnden, is also the board president of the Caring and Sharing Exchange. He recalled how his grandmother, as a single mom of four in the 1950s and ’60s, relied on such a program so that her family could enjoy a Christmas dinner together. “My family knows firsthand the difference that we’re all making today,” he told the crowd before it rolled up their sleeves and got to work.
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Around Town photos: Volunteers pack xmas hampers while demand grows
Around Town photos: Volunteers pack xmas hampers while demand grows
Ottawa realtor Deka Barre from the RE/MAX Hallmark Group Foundation for Giving and her son, Elyas Gesso, 10, volunteered at the Hamper Packing Day, held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the Christmas Exchange Program run by the Caring and Sharing Exchange. Caroline Phillips/-
From left, Caring and Sharing Exchange executive director Cindy Smith with Ottawa MP Catherine McKenna at the Hamper Packing Day held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the nonprofit's Christmas Exchange Program to provide food hampers to individuals and families in need. Caroline Phillips/-
More than 200 volunteers, many from corporate sponsors, came out to help with the Hamper Packing Day held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the Christmas Exchange Program run by the Caring and Sharing Exchange non-profit organization. Caroline Phillips/-
Angela Lariviere from Halogen Software takes a quick selfie with colleagues, from left, Tom Cruickshank, David Aslani, David Beaton and Rachel Paquette while volunteering at the Hamper Packing Day, held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the Christmas Exchange Program run by the Caring and Sharing Exchange. Caroline Phillips/-
Kulsoom Quasim, with Innovapost, volunteered at the Hamper Packing Day, held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the Christmas Exchange Program run by the Caring and Sharing Exchange. Caroline Phillips/-
Ottawa lawyer Paul Lalonde, board president of the Caring and Sharing Exchange, recruited his wife Jen and their three daughters, Elsie, two, Isabelle, six, and Isla, four, to help volunteer at the Hamper Packing Day, held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the non-profit organization's Christmas Exchange Program. Caroline Phillips/-
More than 200 volunteers, many from corporate sponsors, came out to help with the Hamper Packing Day held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the Christmas Exchange Program run by the Caring and Sharing Exchange. Caroline Phillips/-
Liberal Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna was among the community leaders to volunteer at the Hamper Packing Day, held at the Horticulture Building on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in order to fill 500 food hampers for individuals and families in need this Christmas. Caroline Phillips/-
More than 200 volunteers, many from corporate sponsors, came out to help with the Hamper Packing Day held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in support of the Christmas Exchange Program. Caroline Phillips/-
From left, Liberal Ottawa South MPP John Fraser and his colleague, Liberal Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, were among the community leaders to volunteer at the Hamper Packing Day, held at the Horticulture Building on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in order to fill 500 food hampers for individuals and families in need this Christmas. Caroline Phillips/-
From left, Mayor Jim Watson and city councillors Mark Taylor (Bay Ward) and Keith Egli (Knoxdale-Merivale Ward) were among the community leaders to volunteer at the Hamper Packing Day, held at the Horticulture Building on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in order to fill 500 food hampers for individuals and families in need this Christmas. Caroline Phillips/-
From left, Julie Taggart and her daughter Ella Edmondson and son, Connor Edmondson, along with Tracy Rait-Parkes and her son, Jack, Ethan Edmondson, and Michelle Taggart with her daughter, Lucy, all of whom helped to volunteer, on behalf of the Taggart Parkes Foundation, at the Hamper Packing Day held at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne on Wednesday, December 21, 2016. Caroline Phillips/-
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