Posted on Dec 21, 2024
Christmas for some Delta families and seniors feeling the pinch will be a little brighter after receiving food hampers on December 21, 2024. Containing a whole chicken, root vegetables, canned goods, macaroni and cheese, cranberries, cookies, candy canes and bread, the hampers, each being two boxes of food gathered by volunteers in recent weeks from food drives at schools and community organizations throughout Delta, had been shared by volunteers equally to 1,500 boxes at the Paridon Horticultural Ltd. warehouse north of the East Delta Community Hall on Highway 10.
 
A team from Rotary Club of Ladner joined hundreds of volunteers to pick up Christmas hampers and deliver them in North Delta to some among the 650 residences throughout Delta applying for support. Rotary Club of Ladner also contributed $1,500 towards this 35-year-old Christmas hamper tradition, organized by Deltassist.
 
Each hamper was two boxes of food, and three for larger families, assembled in the Paridon warehouse. The 1,500 boxes fill the warehouse and these were some of the final boxes to be picked up for delivery
On right, long line of vehicles, on 104th St., Delta then down the road into Paridon Horticulture as volunteer delivery teams await hamper pick ups from the warehouse 
 
Ladner Rotary's distribution team included driver Jim Burnett, who has volunteered for the past 20 or more years to gather food from schools and community organizations then distribute the hampers, Mike Storey, his son-in-law, Lloyd Bernabe, plus Lloyd's daughter and son, and Peter Roaf. Also from Ladner Rotary were delivery volunteers, Dawn and Beau Brennen
 
The Ladner Rotary volunteer delivery team
 
 
Since 1972 Deltassist Family and Community Services Society -- which organizes the entire Christmas hampers program -- has served as a non-profit organization dedicated to the well being of the people of Delta, through counselling and community-building in the form of workshops, events, senior support, outreach programs, and information services.
 
Paridon Farms is a family-owned and operated 3rd generation farm that started in the early 1950’s growing turkeys and over the years has expanded into a multi-operation company, diversifying into broiler chickens and laying hens in the Lower Fraser Valley.