THANK YOU TO SO MANY OF YOU!

We delivered 108 Christmas hampers and had to find new ways to meet our request with minimal physical presence.

• We thank Father Tran for his support in ensuring that we were COVID safe to meet the needs of our community

• Special thanks to St. Catherine, St. Stephen and St. Gerard schools for their participation in the adopt a family program.  These schools made a significant contribution to helping our clients have a better Christmas.

• Thanks to Allison and her team at Kingsland COBS for their ongoing support in providing bread for our Christmas hampers and weekly hampers.

• Thanks to Grand and Toy for donating boxes.

• Thanks to our very generous gift sponsors and monetary donors.

• A heart felt GRATITUDE to our packers, telephoners, purchasers, hall organizers, delivery drivers and gift elves.

It is because of our parishioners that we can succeed in this ministry so 
Thank You and MERRY CHRISTMAS.

If you are unable to drop your donation off, please contact us at the phone number and/or email above (in the blue box) and we will pick it up from your home.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Gerard's Church is so grateful to our donors! It is because of you that we can help the needy in the following areas of Calgary:

• Canyon Meadows
• Southwood
• Haysboro
• Kingsland (south of 75 Ave SW)
• Ramsay
• Albert Park

Thanks to our local businesses who have helped so much with this year's hampers. Please support them in return:

• Donated 380 hampers to 698 adults and 496 children.

• Shared $9,520 in gift cards so that our clients could buy perishable food items.

• Distributed 7 books of bus tickets so they could get where they needed to go.

• Helped pay $2,025 in rent and $1,868 in utilities so those in need could stay in their homes.

• Helped many clients find the furniture and clothes that they needed for themselves and their children.

• Even helped to raise funds for the playground at St. Catherine's school.