Prince George Council of Seniors is in the home stretch for their Senior Hamper program that sees 165 elders in need getting a little Christmas cheer this year.
Applications were taken at the Seniors Resource Centre at 721 Victoria St. by a raft of appreciated volunteers and assembly took place off site at 145 Brunswick St., the old Citizen press building, because organizers needed more room to take delivery of the bulk food and space to get the hampers together.
It took about 30 pairs of volunteer helping hands over the span of a few days to move grocery items off the pallets into the hampers and then another 20 volunteers to deliver each hamper to the seniors in need. “He is the one that organized all the food and Bandstra donated their delivery service so we could assemble the hampers,” she said. “We are very grateful for their help.”“For me that says a lot because I am also new so we’re all learning together how to do this,” McGregor said. “It’s been a huge learning curve and we’re really rocking it. Everyone seems to be having a great time and it’s been really fun.
“My focus has been a little bit more on the seniors in our community,” Halsall said. “When you’re actually here and you see all the bags lined up and that’s how many seniors need the help, it’s actually quite surprising.”“It’s about trying to put out something good in the community,” Halsall said about her volunteerism.
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