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.

Donate at timescolonist.com/donate Another day, another match challenge, but we’ll get to that. The Times Colonist Christmas Fund reached $287,500 on Thursday, 41 per cent of the way to our $700,000 target.

Though the pandemic has meant many changes this holiday season, Lorna Ruttan is sticking to one longstanding tradition: donating toys to local children in need via the Mustard Seed.

Two weeks after the launch of the 2020 edition of the Times Colonist Christmas Fund, we have reached a major milestone: $262,200 raised, the first time we have passed a quarter of a million dollars before the end of November.

Two donations matched. Four cheques, $10,000 each. And this morning, the Times Colonist Christmas Fund stands just shy of $231,000, less than two weeks after we launched the 2020 drive. Thank you, thank you.

After a remarkable Sunday, the Times Colonist Christmas Fund is at $157,000, well on our way to our 2020 target of $700,000. Our readers responded to two match challenges from Andrew Beckerman.

The Times Colonist Christmas Fund reached $103,000 on Thursday, one week after the 2020 fundraiser was launched. This is the ­strongest start to the fund in its 65-year history. The need this year is unprecedented.