It’s the season of giving and Share’s food bank is preparing for its Christmas toy and food hamper program.
Last year, Share served 1,631 households — 4,536 people in all — in Tri-Cities and it needs help to make sure it has enough food and toys to give out.
Share is currently accepting donations:
• You can donate food directly to Share’s Food Bank at 2615 Clarke St. in Port Moody (at the rear of the building).
• You may donate at any grocery store in the Tri-Cities.
• If you wish to give a financial donation, call 604-540-9161 or visit www.sharesociety.ca.
• Toy donations can be dropped off at the food bank at 2615 Clarke St. or at the Christmas tree at Coquitlam Centre mall starting Dec. 5.
Items needed for the Christmas food hampers include:
• cereal;
• juice;
• peanut butter, jam and honey;
• canned vegetables and tomatoes, and tomato sauce;
• rice and pasta;
• side dishes;
• dry noodles with sauce;
• canned fruit;
• pudding/fruit cups;
• chocolate;
• granola bars and cookies;
• tea, coffee and hot chocolate;
• canned meat and fish;
• canned meals (stews and ravioli);
• condiments.
For information about Share’s Christmas programs, visit www.sharesociety.ca.
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Share Family and Community Services has many volunteer opportunities throughout the holiday season.
If you enjoy volunteering and working with the public, you should consider working with Share, which is currently recruiting for its annual gift wrap and Christmas tree at Coquitlam Centre mall.
The gift wrapping station and the tree will open on Dec. 4 and run until Dec. 24 during mall hours, so there are more than 800 shifts to fill. You must be 16 years or older.
To volunteer, call Ruth at 604-529-5104 and leave a message.
For more information on Share or to make a donation, visit www.sharesociety.ca.
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If you would like to share a little Christmas warmth, a number of local realtors can help.
The 21st annual Realtors Care Blanket Drive kicks off on Nov. 16.
Each year, the drive provides warm clothing and blankets to more than 19,000 Lower Mainland residents in need.
Realtors across the region will work with their clients to coordinate donations of blankets and warm winter clothing for those most in need. The donations are then sorted and delivered to charities in the same community in which they were collected.
Since the Blanket Drive began in 1995, the program has helped more than 275,000 people in our communities keep warm and dry during the winter months.
Clothing items organizers are looking for include:
• blankets and sleeping bags;
• warm clothing — coats, jeans, pants and sweaters;
• scarves, gloves, mitts and hats;
• socks and underwear (new).
Every community in the Lower Mainland relies on donations from the program and we need the public’s support once again to ensure we can meet this year’s need,” said Darcy McLeod, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver president, in a press release.
The Realtors Care Blanket Drive is a partnership between the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board and the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board and their communities.
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Tri-City realty offices that are accepting donations from Nov. 16 to 23 are:
• Macdonald Realty Ltd., 17-2662 Austin Ave., Coquitlam;
• Hanna Realty Ltd.; 620-329 North Rd., Coquitlam;
• Park Georgia Realty Ltd., 435 North Rd., Coquitlam;
• Re/Max All Points Realty, 101-1020 Austin Ave., Coquitlam;
• Royal LePage West, 2185 Austin Ave., Coquitlam;
• Royal Pacific Realty (Tri-Cities), 101A–566 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam;
• Sutton Group-1st West Realty, 118-3030 Lincoln Ave., Coquitlam;
• Sutton Group-West Coast Realty, 102-403 North Rd., Coquitlam;
• Keller Williams Elite Realty, A123-2099 Lougheed Hwy., Port Coquitlam;
• Re/Max Sabre Realty, 102-2748 Lougheed Hwy., PoCo;
• Re/Max Results Realty, 105-1250 Dominion Ave., PoCo;
• Royal LePage West, 101-2264 Elgin Ave., PoCo;
• Royal LePage Sterling, 13-201 Morrissey Rd., Port Moody.
