Christmas Fund

No team, no dream. That’s how singer-songwriter Tom Jackson describes the collective effort that brings the Huron Carole to life each year.

Longtime roofing-company owner Wayne Massey donated $5,000 to the Times Colonist Christmas Fund this year in what has become a tradition that’s now in its 14th year.

A cool half-million dollars. $500,000 to help people who are less fortunate than most of us. More money than the Times Colonist Christmas Fund has raised in its 65 years of making life better for those in need.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your Times Colonist Christmas Fund reached $479,800 Thursday, and it will help to make Christmas better for those less fortunate in our delivery area.

Your Times Colonist Christmas Fund reached $456,800 Wednesday, 65 per cent of the way to the goal of $700,000 by Christmas Day. The money raised is used to make Christmas a bit better for those less fortunate in our delivery area.

A loss for the annual Times Colonist book sale turned into a gain for the Times Colonist Christmas Fund.

Your Times Colonist Christmas Fund continues to grow, raising money to help the less fortunate have a better holiday season. The fund total stands at $427,300, 61 per cent of the way to our goal of $700,000 by Christmas Day.

The Times Colonist Christmas Fund has grown because of small donations, large donations, and match challenges. In this year of unprecedented need, it has already raised more money than any of our previous 64 campaigns.

Half an hour before the first turkey dinner was dispensed, the line outside the Mustard Seed Street Church already stretched down the block.

The emergence of new agencies providing help to vulnerable people during the COVID-19 pandemic is putting additional pressure on Victoria’s Mustard Seed Street Church and other food banks across the country, officials say.