Christmas Fund

Price's Lock and Safe donates $20,000 to TC Christmas Fund

Price’s owner Wally Price says the large donation reflects the need: “There’s been a lot of people that are struggling for sure.”

Dec 21, 2022 1:40 AM Read more >

Jack Knox: Grant helps charity help out-of-sight seniors at Christmas

Christmas packages for seniors are being assembled in a corner of the Soap for Hope Canada warehouse in Vic West.

Dec 20, 2022 4:20 AM Read more >

Chloe and Aubrey Berry remembered: ‘Their superpower was to help people’

Sarah Cotton-Elliott says she has never forgotten the community’s outpouring of support when her daughters were killed on Christmas Day five years ago.

Dec 17, 2022 8:00 PM Read more >

Jack Knox: Get-'er-done women drive feed-the-hungry charities

They get stuff done. They don’t stop working when they talk, and they know how to squeeze a dollar out of a dime.

Dec 16, 2022 11:00 PM Read more >

Times Colonist Christmas Fund tops half a million

For only the third time in its 66-year history, the Times Colonist Christmas Fund has hit half a million dollars.

Dec 16, 2022 12:18 AM Read more >

Christmas Fund bolsters Mustard Seed's food distribution to 45,000 people

Food bank collects donations from farms and grocers; helps thousands of people every month.

Dec 15, 2022 12:54 AM Read more >

$100 cheques a pleasant surprise for Bridges for Women participants

Bridges for Women Society gave out 90 gift certificates to clients last year and expects to distribute the same number this holiday season, with help from the Times Colonist Christmas Fund.

Dec 13, 2022 1:05 AM Read more >

Hundreds enjoy Mustard Seed's annual holiday turkey meal

The Times Colonist Christmas Fund, with donations from TC readers, helps to pay for the annual meal.

Dec 11, 2022 5:15 AM Read more >

Dave Obee: Your donations bring a feast of hope to hungry souls — so let's talk turkey

This year’s Times Colonist Christmas Fund campaign reached $410,619 on Friday, with that money coming from 1,530 donors.

Dec 10, 2022 1:11 AM Read more >

Christmas Fund help means more tickets for kids to see Nutcracker

With record community support, Dance Victoria is offering needy kids and their families tickets to The Nutcracker and another dance production

Dec 9, 2022 1:25 AM Read more >