Ways to Help this Holiday Season 🎅 Christmas 2022 edition

👇Some charities that you can help this Christmas👇
 
👉 Harvest House (https://www.facebook.com/harvesthouseatl) helps to feed hungry people, gives people dealing with homelessness a safe place to stay, helps addicted people get healthy, and even teaches skills to help folks get jobs and back on their feet.
-- Here is their Christmas Meal Campaign Donation Link: (https://harvesthouseatlantic.org/campaign) Only $3.79 to provide a meal for someone!
-- Other Donations online HERE
-- Volunteer some of your time CLICK HERE
-- Donate items (maybe like Winter clothes and boots?) Harvest House Office is at 108 High St
-- Or you can give over the phone by calling 506-855-0626

 
👉 YMCA Moncton's ReConnect Street Intervention Program helps at-risk people and people dealing with homelessness. You can give money, gift cards, hygiene products, anything is appreciated! For more information, please call Trevor Goodwin at 857-0606 ext 2285. CLICK HERE for more info. One of the big ReConnect fundraisers has been Battle of the Brains, a fun night of team trivia. Watch for it in the Spring!! (https://moncton.ymca.ca/about-us/contact-us/)

👉 Salvus Clinic on Church Street helps people who are: 1) going through homelessness, 2) dealing with poverty, 3) struggling with mental health issues and substance use, and more. You can donate time, money, or products to help people. Click their Facebook link or THIS WEBSITE to donate online.


👉 Food Depot Christmas Boxes help people and families who depend on the Food Bank. If you or someone you know is in need of support this holiday season call 506-800-1174 for information on the Christmas Food Box program or CLICK HERE to find some helping resources. Any time you need help with food you can call 506-383-4281 to make an appointment with the Peter McKee Food Centre (475 Saint George).
-- To donate to the Food Box Program CLICK HERE.
-- To make another type of donation CLICK HERE for more info.
-- In past years, volunteers were needed to deliver food boxes. We assume that's the sitch again... check their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FoodDepotAlimentaire/)  

 
👉 Salisbury Helping Hands appreciates your donations! We recommend that you call them. In past years you could donate at:
-- Salisbury Helping Hands (64 Douglas Street) (506-372-9787). (Their website says they are open Tues and Wed from 10a to 4p but it hasn't been updated in a long time.)
-- Salisbury Baptist (3128 Main Street) (506-372-5179)
 
👉 Atlantic Wellness gives free therapy to young people going through mental health issues. Please consider giving a donation to Atlantic Wellness in someone's name this Christmas! CLICK HERE to donate online or stop in to 225 Lutz St Moncton.


👉 How to Help the Salvation Army to help others:
1) See a Salvation Army Kettle somewhere around town? Put money in that kettle! Your donation will help families around here. Many kettles even have tap-to-pay!
2) Donate to Salvation Army Maritimes HERE. 
3) Did you donate a toy to our Stuff-a-Bus Toy Drive the other day? Then you already helped! (all donated toys go to the Salvation Army to help families in our region)
🎅 The Salvation Army Moncton Community & Family Services Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/SAMoncton?fref=ts)
🎅 If you'd like to register to receive gifts from the Toys for Kids Program call 506-389-9901 or click to register before Dec 13!! (https://salvationarmy.ca/maritime/home/christmas/the-salvation-army-christmas-assistance-2022-moncton/)
🎅 Here's the Facebook for other Maritime locations: (https://salvationarmy.ca/maritime/home/locations/new-brunswick/)
  

👉 Canadian Blood Services hopes that you can donate blood this Christmas season! The need for blood is constant, and donor numbers take a dip during the holidays. Please book an appointment: 1-888-236-6283 or Blood.ca or get the free app (iphone) (android). Click HERE for more info.Canadian Blood Services is at 500 Mapleton Rd.
*UPDATE:
The #BeccaToldMeTo holiday blood drive is on until December 30th, 2022.
- Canadian Blood Services says there are more than 200 open slots between now and the end of the year. (*at time of blogging Christmas week).
Moncton Blood Donation Centre Hours:
December 19th to December 30th
Mondays & Thursdays: 3:00pm to 8:00pm
Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 10:00am to 3:00pm
Fridays: 9:00am to 2:00pm
🩸 The Moncton donor centre is at at 500 Mapleton Road.
🩸 Get an appointment through the GiveBlood app (iphone) (android), call 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or book at Blood.ca.
 
👉 Fill the Bus is about filling a school bus with non-perishable food donations for the food bank. Any Anglo East School is happy to accept your food donation during Fill the Bus... see this List of Schools. You can also donate by scanning their QR code...

 
👉 St George's Anglican Church in downtown Moncton serves 2000 meals monthly to the hungry. They also offer a shower facility to people in need, a laundry service to unhoused people, and warm clothes to people who spend their days in the cold with no place to go. This all happens because of donations of time, money, or goods.
You can donate warm socks, hats, gloves, boots, jackets, underwear and personal hygiene products, or money. If you're able to help, it's St. George’s Anglican Church, 51 Church St. Moncton, NB. E1C 4Z3 or email them at (office@stgeorgesmoncton.ca). 
-- St. George's on Google Maps (51 Church Street).
The office hours we had on file are Mon to Fri from 9a to 1p...call ahead to double-check (506-855-5209). 
 
👉 The Reverse Advent Calendar is where you add one item to the box every day leading up to Christmas, then you donate that box of food to the Peter McKee Food Centre on December 23rd. This is perfect for the Office, a Class Challenge at School, Church and Community Groups, or for Families who want to help this holiday season! Thanks for you support!!
Here's the list:
Dec 1 Cereal
Dec 2 Peanut Butter
Dec 3 Stuffing
Dec 4 Instant Potatoes
Dec 5 Macaroni
Dec 6 Canned Tomatoes
Dec 7 Canned Meat
Dec 8 Ketchup or Mayo
Dec 9 Applesauce
Dec 10 Canned Fruit
Dec 11 Pudding
Dec 12 Granola Bars
Dec 13 Cookies
Dec 14 Canned Tuna
Dec 15 Rice
Dec 16 Instant Oatmeal
Dec 17 Pasta
Dec 18 Spaghetti Sauce
Dec 19 Soup
Dec 20 Canned Stew
Dec 21 Canned Veggies
Dec 22 Jam
Dec 23 Drop Off at the Centre before noon! (475 Saint George Street)

you can also donate $ online or volunteer at the Centre! CLICK
 
👉 *UPDATE: GOAL HAS BEEN MET FOR THIS YEAR* The Sue Stulz Turkey Drive is December 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2022. It's a Drive-through Drop-off situation... drop off a turkey donation around back at the Saint George Blvd Fire Station across from Centennial Park (800 St George Blvd). The hours are from 10a to 7p. You can also donate online at https://www.suestultzturkeydrive.com/
Notes:
- Turkeys go to families who have registered for support from the Food Bank.
- This year's Turkey Goal© is ~ 3907.
- The latest Turkey Tally© is on their Twitter feed...

 
 
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