The Holiday Program
The holidays can be a difficult time for many in our community. Give the Gift of Choice this holiday season!
The Holiday season is just around the corner and Community Connections will be providing support to people in our community struggling with the affordability of the season in a number of ways. Historically, we accepted donations of toys, gifts, and gift cards from the community for redistribution amongst families, seniors and individuals in need.
THIS YEAR the resources have continued to diminish and as a result, capacity of food programming has continued to be reduced. We are prioritizing food support going into the holiday season for our community members in need. With this shift, we will not be offering the Gift portion of the Holiday Program, instead we are asking the community of Revelstoke to focus their holiday giving on food or monetary donations. This change is the result of an increasing crisis in food insecurity being felt nationally across Canadian food banks. The usage of food banks is at a historically high, record-breaking level- support for food bank programs has never been more needed.
What is the Holiday Program?
This annual program seeks to assist clients with the un-affordability of the December holiday season. We do this by distributing angel tree gifts, grocery gift cards and extra food to participants.
Who is eligible?
We take an approach similar to food bank eligibility. With an understanding of the program and its intentions, we believe the participants are the best people to decide their eligibility as they are the experts in their own life.
The Gift Tree
With the support of Revelstoke Credit Union and CIBC’s angel gift tree initiative, Community Connections help connect community members who have capacity to give extra with those who would benefit from the support via the gift trees.
In order to prepare in time for the giving season we wanted to let families and seniors with financial barriers know that Gift Tree signups are now available until NOV 12th.
Registration forms are available at both Main Office and Outreach during office hours.
If you have a little extra to give this holiday season, pick up a ‘Gift Tag’ at Revelstoke Credit Union or CIBC to sponsor a family or senior! RCU will be collecting tags for families and CIBC for seniors.
FAQs for Donors
What can I donate?
Cash/cheque, grocery gift cards, food.
Looking for inspiration and wanting to support local? See below for some ideas or follow us on Social Media.
Who can I make a cheque out to?
Cheques can be made out to:
Community Connections (Revelstoke) Society
Revelstoke Community Food Bank
Community Connections Revelstoke
When can I donate?
The donation window for:
The Holiday Program is from November 28th – December 15th, 2023. This allows us enough time to ensure we find those what they need before Christmas.
Monetary donations are graciously accepted anytime.
Can I donate after the November 28th - December 15th window?
Yes, you can drop off after this window however the earlier the better. Getting your donations in early ensures that we can find those what they need before Christmas.
Where can I drop off donations?
Your donations can be dropped off at both our locations dependent on what it is and during said hours of operation,
Monetary donations brought to our Main Office during
Food and Toiletry to the Outreach Building
FAQs for Participants
Where do I pick up my holiday food hamper?
We are not distributing a traditional food hamper packed with extra food items, rather we will offer items for you to choose from at regular food bank hours.
We will be offering alternate Food Bank hours on Dec 24th from 1-4pm
Other FAQs
What about the Community Christmas Dinner?
The Community Christmas Dinner is NOT a program of Community Connections, it is an event organized by independent volunteers in the community every year. However, we usually are given sign-up sheets for the dinner, so look for those at Food Bank and Drop-In.
What are Community Connections Hours Over the Holidays?
- Regular hours until Monday December 23rd, 2024
- Main Office will be closed at 12:30pm on Tuesday December 24th, 2024
- The Food bank will be open from 1-4pm on Tuesday December 24th, 2024
- Both Main office and Outreach building will be closed Wednesday the December 25th until Sunday the 29th, 2024
- Monday December 30th- Tuesday the 31st 2024 we will be open for our regular hours
- Wednesday January 1st, 2025 we will be closed for New Years day!
- Thursday January 2nd, 2025 we will be back to our regular programming and our holidays closures will be done!
Donation Inspiration!
Look out for these signs at Save On Foods and Southside Market
Other Donation Ideas
Looking for more information? Email holidayprogram@community-connections.ca or call Outreach on 250 837 2920 ext. 201
Main Office
Box 2880, 314 Second St East,
Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0
Hours
Mon to Thurs 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 12:30pm
Outreach Building
Box 2880, 416 Second St West
Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0
Food Pick Up
Tuesday 3pm - 6pm (Family priority pickup)
Thursday 10am - 1pm (Senior priority pickup
Drop In
Tuesday 1pm - 4:00pm
Thursday 10am - 1pm
Contact Us
Phone: 250 837 2920
Fax: 250 837 2909
info@community-connections.ca
We acknowledge the land, traditions and culture of four nations; The Sinixt, Ktunaxa, Secwepemc and Syilx Okanagan.
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