Christmas Cheer Board: "Feed a Family"

At this festive season of the year, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for [those] in want of common necessaries, [and] in want of common comforts, sir.

--Abridged from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Along with all the other Christmas themed activities in the last few days of school before the break, the students of Laureate Academy collected money and groceries to provide a holiday hamper for a needy family through the Winnipeg Christmas Cheer Board.

We obtained the name of a young family from the Cheer Board, and each student was responsible for bringing in one or two items of food.  Each student also provided a toonie, and we were able to buy gifts for the family’s children, and a little bit for the parents, too.

In all, over $170, and four boxes of groceries, were delivered to the family.  From our varied experiences of blessings and plenty, together we have made “some slight provision” for those in need.  

May they, and we, have a very merry Christmas season!