The Victoria Mustard Seed continued its holiday events with its annual Christmas Hamper Day on Sunday, Dec. 22.
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Hamper Day welcomed 300 families and about 500 children, who received holiday hampers from the Mustard Seed. Families packed into the Quadra Village Community Gym, lining up to choose a grocery store gift card and pick toys for their children.
The event was the culmination of a week of hamper distributions. The charity delivered a total of 900 hampers including toys, clothes, food and gift cards to help ease families in need through a costly holiday season.
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This yearB次元官网网址檚 Hamper Day proved to be one of the best yet. Hosted at the Quadra Village Community Gym, the larger space allowed more families to participate and more volunteers to help. It also enabled the non-profit to distribute more packages in less time compared to its usual space on Queens Avenue.
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The extra space was especially important as The Mustard Seed strives to meet a growing need for support among families during the holidays.
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Despite the high demand, the event was a success. It distributed 1,200 hampers and brought together 130 volunteers. Hamper Day capped off a successful holiday campaign, which also included a dinner for 600 people at the Bay Street Armoury and ongoing gift wrapping by donation.
