Families around Dauphin are picking up their Christmas hampers today.
Starting at 8:30 volunteers at the Friendship Centre will begin handing out hampers.
“The support has been phenomenal from the community. Adopt a family is up by one family this year, so that’s the most I’ve ever had at 146, which is wonderful. All the hampers have been filled by the food bank and the Angle Tree that weren’t adopted. So everybody is taken care of.”
Laverne Hudson, Coordinator of Adopt a Family, says she expects the back hall of the centre to be empty by 5.
212 hampers are being given out today which includes a total of 500 children are getting Christmas gifts this year through donations. Of the 500, 362 children adopted by the Adopt a Family Program and 180 plus are from the Angel Tree hampers.
Numbers are down this year because the program is only giving hampers to families in Dauphin, the RM of Dauphin, Ochre, and Sifton. They decided to scale back how far they reach this year.
“The community has been awesome.”