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Relief from pain would be ideal

Valerie Getten: "Nothing seems to agree with me, so I suffer through it."

But failing that, a helping hand makes ill woman's season happier

Christmas Fund

Relief from pain would be ideal

But failing that, a helping hand makes ill woman's season happier

Seniors serenaded by sax quintet

Making merry with five saxophones and a lone guitarist, members of Santa Sax Quintet spent last month entertaining seniors all over Greater Victoria.

Christmas Fund

Fund's aid saves the season for woman and her mom

For years, Pat Patterson received forms allowing her to apply for the Times Colonist Christmas Fund.

Christmas Fund: Family grateful for help

Four-year-old Carlos Caicedo loves Christmas, Canada and Spider-Man.

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How to contribute to the Christmas Fund

Your contributions are used to buy groceries and children's toys for people in need.

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List of drop-off locations for donations

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People helping others

Every year, people give of their time as well as their money to help others have a happier Christmas...

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Community

Donate online to the Times Colonist Christmas Fund

The Queen Alexandra Foundation website is also set up to receive your donation to the Times Colonist...

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Making music for a good cause

Making merry with five saxophones and a lone guitarist, members of Santa Sax Quintet spent last month entertaining seniors all over Greater Victoria.

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Musical pair pay back good fortune in song

Qristina and Quinn Bachand have been helping their community by supporting the Times Colonist Christmas Fund for almost seven years.

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Fund's donors: from bridge ladies to kids

The Times Colonist Christmas Fund depends on donations large and small to make the season brighter for so many in need -- more than 2,300 households last year.

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Jennifer Myra and her children, Christine, 3, left, Samantha, 6, Alyssa, 7 and in front Alexander, 13 months, have received help from the Christmas Fund for several years.

Christmas Fund: 'If this help wasn't there, we wouldn't have Christmas'

Jennifer Myra and her four young children will likely spend Christmas Day in the bachelor apartment they rent in a Gorge Road motel, with holiday cheer provided by donors to the Times Colonist Christmas Fund.

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Chateau Victoria's annual pancake breakfast will feature guests of honour Santa and Mrs. Claus today at the Vista 18 restaurant.

Holiday tradition draws 400 to sold-out pancake breakfast

Every kid knows Santa brings the presents. But at Chateau Victoria, Santa and his Missus also bring out the pancakes.

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Chateau Victoria raises $5,230 for Christmas Fund

Pancakes and syrup with the Man in Red will go a long way to making Christmas sweeter this year for Times Colonist Christmas Fund recipients.

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Kecia Larkin: "We really want to say how much you help us out."

Recipient thanks donors to annual Christmas Fund

There is little to spare in Kecia Larkin's household.

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Aubrey Kelly plays a euphonium during a tubadore practice at the University of Victoria for Saturday's 1 to 3 p.m. TubaChristmas open-air concert at Market Square.

Heavy metal à la oompahpah

Sixty or more "tubadores" will play at this year's annual TubaChristmas concert on Saturday, making it the largest gathering of tubists this city has seen, says event organizer Gene Dowley.

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