Community generously supported the 2022 Christmas Hamper program

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Our 2022 Christmas hamper program was very successful in supporting 156 hampers by way of food/toys and monetary gifts.

Thank you to the Paris Fair Agricultural Society for donating their excellent facilities. Thank you to all our local schools for promoting the children to help donate non perishable items A special thank you to the Paris Optimist club, Lions Club of Paris and St. George, the Paris Legion, St. Vincent de Paul, Kiwanis Club, and all the residents and businesses who donated to our program. Thank you to everyone who made and donated lovely knitted items to help keep our residents warm.

A special thank you to the Matt Amy and staff with the Paris Firefighters Club and Cst. Conrad Vitalis and staff with the OPP for organizing and running the “Fill a Vehicle “ programs which ran for several weekends in December, collecting food and monetary donations.

Thank you to the businesses who donated their space for boxes to collect food and toys. Thank you to the

County of Brant Customer Service office downtown Paris for supporting residents with applications and receiving donations, as well as the staff who kept information up-to-date on the website.

Also, we would like to thank the Paris Independent, the Expositor, The Paris Chronicle, and the St George Lance for all their support in helping make our presence public to all residents.

A big thank you to all the residents who came out to help sort, pack and distribute the hampers. You are very much appreciated.

Lastly, thank you to our committee members and volunteers who worked so diligently dedicating their time to help before, during and after the week of December 11-16 to see our worthwhile project through to completion.

We look forward to 2023.

Our sincere, warmest thanks! - Shirley Simons, Laura Bowlby, Marg Knill-Wilson, Cherish Gamble, Tawnia Martel, Lisa Lewis, Anne Rutt

Chris Whelan

Casandra Turnbull

Chris Whelan

Michelle Malvaso

Carolina Saenz

Bailey Zimmer

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