Christmas Fund

We have raised and distributed millions of dollars through our Christmas Fund over the years — including almost $1 million last year alone — and the success is a direct result of your generosity.

When encountering some bedraggled figure on the sidewalk, what do you feel? Sympathy? Fear? Resentment? Does your heart hurt or your lip curl?

Non-profit Rainbow Kitchen in Esquimalt is among the many community organizations receiving assistance from the Times Colonist Christmas Fund.

The TC Christmas Fund goal is to raise $1 million to help brighten the holidays for the neediest among us and provide financial support for community organizations that strive to ensure no one is left behind.

The food bank is among local charities that receive help from the Times Colonist Christmas Fund

Donations in the past week have totalled $68,023. We are well on the way to reaching our goal of $1 million

The volunteers who sort the food donated to Nanaimo’s Loaves and Fishes never know what’s going to be in the bins that pour into the warehouse each day

Andrew Beckerman says he will contribute $5,000 to the Times Colonist Christmas Fund if someone else will do the same.

The Times Colonist Christmas Fund has helped to fund the work of Nourish Cowichan