A turkey, root vegetables, canned goods, macaroni and cheese, cranberries, cookies, candy canes and bread are the contents of at least two boxes, sometimes three, that made up hampers delivered to over 550 lower income families and seniors throughout Delta on December 23 to make Christmas a little brighter.
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1,500 boxes of food were prepared as Christmas hampers at the warehouse of Paridon Horticultural Ltd. and distributed from there on December 22 | Ulf Ottho and Arthur Birk were among those volunteering to distribute some of the hundreds of Christmas hampers | |
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Jim Burnett's truck carried hampers for 20 families | (l to r) Mel Baly, Tyler Bernabe and Jim Burnett | |
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| Mike Storey and son-in-law Lloyd Bernabe | Mike Storey and grandson Tyler | |
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Members of a local rugby club were among those who volunteered for distribution | Lloyd Bernabe helps with loading the truck with hampers for delivery in sequence by area of Delta | |
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Each family received at least two boxes of food for Christmas | A turkey and various other foods, some in cans, were in the hamper boxes | |
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| Delivering to a home in North Delta | Deliveries often to rented basement suites of single family homes | |
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Delivery included various apartments in a low income rental building | Prepariing to deliver to apartments in North Delta | |
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| Apartment building decorated for Christmas | ||
Almost 300 vehicles were involved in the hamper distribution to homes and apartments on December 22 from the warehouse space contributed by Paridon Horticultural Ltd. north of the East Delta Community Hall on Highway 10.
The Christmas hampers project is a true, community project, with all the bread coming from Monte Cristo Bakery, potatoes and root vegetables from five local farms, Kraft Dinner from Kings Links and canned goods and other contributions from schools and food stores which have collected them throughout Delta in recent weeks.
Aside from the three Delta Rotary clubs and Deltassist, there were other organizations which contributed to the project, such as TOOBs, Ladner Legion and Ladies Auxiliary, Lions clubs of Scottsdale, Boundary Bay-Tsawwassen and North Delta Lions, Crescent Downs co-op housing social committee, CUPE 1091, and Kinsmen Club of Ladner/Tsawwassen.