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The association filled nearly 400 hampers this fall for people in the community. People have been dropping by the Estevan Salvation Army from Dec. 21-23 to pick up their hamper, which will help them have the food they need for Christmas. “The Salvation Army was gracious enough to let us use their church area, because we have to do the two-car delivery. And then we don’t have to do the stairs,” said Char Seeman, who co-chairs the Community Hamper Association alongside Heather Woodhouse. The number of hampers that they filled was similar to what they expected. And it’s thanks to the support of people in Estevan and area that they were able to meet the needs of the community.
Just like everything else this year, the Angel Tree program went somewhat differently. Char Seeman, who is the co-chair of the association with Heather Woodhouse, said that there were a lot of monetary donations. The monetary donations were awesome, the actual toy donations were down. We did buy between 70 and 80 per cent of the toys with the monetary donations we got, Seeman said. Volunteers said that shopping for toys was fun and a bit tricky, as getting gifts for about 400 children required a lot of imagination. When volunteers started running out of ideas they ended up asking friends about what their kids get or want for Christmas. But after all, they were very grateful for the support and donations of all types.