Christmas Care is reporting about 300 registrations in the first week of this year’s food and toy hamper campaign.
That’s comparable to or slightly down from other years.
According to Richard Auckland with Christmas Care, enough food is on hand to fill half of the expected 1,700-plus hampers needed for this year.
He continued, “Toy boxes for children that have registered are being assembled as we receive them.”
Packing begins next Tuesday, with additional packing next Thursday to create roughly 700 hampers to kick things off.
Registration continues weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Dec. 8 at Memorial Arena.
Written by Ian McCallum
