October 16, 2011
Toy Run
Fraser Valley Motorcycle tour to raise toys and funds for local Christmas Bureaus
December 4, 2011
Christmas Bureau Open House
For the first time Christmas Bureau invites the public to come to the Food Bank to come see how families get helped at Christmas and throughout the year. Bring a food or toy donation for a free picture with Santa.
December 5-21, 2011
Christmas Bureau for Families
Through out these weeks families that are not sponsored out to the community will come into the Abbotsford Food Bank to shop for toys for their children as well as pick up their Christmas food hamper.
Ideas for:
Volunteer
Attend Events benefiting the Christmas Bureau
Spread the word!
Christmas Bureau Volunteer Application Form
Name
Email
Street Address
City
Province
Postal Code
Availability
please let us know what days and times you would like to volunteer
please let us know your areas of interest or any additional comments
Phone
Additional comments
Copyright 2011-2012 Abbotsford Food Bank
Ideas for Schools
- Sponsor a family or senior as a class
- Have students bring a toy/gift for their own age group
- Ask the Christmas Bureau for names and ages of children that will be receiving gifts and create an angel tree so that the students feel personally connected to the gifts they are giving
- Get the neighborhood involved and run a food/toy drive in your community
- Compete between classes to see who can donate the most items (food or gifts). Incentives could be a pizza party, extra 15 minutes of lunch time, or the ability to drop the items off with the teachers to the Food Bank to see where their donations are going
- Host a party where food or toy donations are admission to get in
- Come as a group to volunteer your time in our busy months of December and January!
- Break class into groups and have them come up with a creative ways to gather food, gifts, or money. Have a prize or reward for the group with the most raised
- Come as a class to have a tour of the Food Bank and Christmas Bureau
Ideas for Businesses
- Sponsor a family or senior as business or co-workers
- Compete between stores or business locations to see who can donate the most items (food or gifts)
- Provide a discount for customers if they bring in a food or toy item to be donated or ask customers to donate $1 per purchase.
- Ask the Christmas Bureau for names and ages of children and create an Angel tree for employees to personalize their donations
- Host a party where food or toy donations are admission to get in
- Come as a group to volunteer your time in our busy months of December and January!
Ideas for Individuals, Friends & Family
- Sponsor a family or senior as family or group of friends
- Do a gift exchange among friends or family where gifts are bought for a person at a certain age and then donated to the Christmas Bureau (i.e. Tina buys an easy-bake oven for Becky who is an avid baker)
- Get the neighborhood involved and run a food drive in your community
- Host a party where food or toy donations are admission to get in
- Get people at your work excited about supporting the Christmas Bureau
- Let your child pick out something they would like for Christmas, and come drop it off at the Food Bank/Christmas Bureau
- Host a potluck where people bring a dish to share with friends, plus the equivalent ingredients to donate to the Food Bank. (We accept fresh and frozen unopened food items)
- Apply to Volunteer for the Christmas Bureau
Ideas for Church and Faith-groups
- Sponsor a family or senior as church or home-group
- Have a special tithe for food or money to donate
- Host a party where guest are asked to bring food or toy donations
- Come as a group to volunteer your time in our busy months of December and January!
- Host a potluck where people bring a dish to share with friends, plus the equivalent ingredients to donate to the Food Bank. (We accept fresh and frozen unopened food items)
- Commit as a congregation or home-group to pray for all the families receiving assistance, as well as the volunteers and staff as they facilitate the program
- Help us Pick-up Christmas food donations by driving a truck to various locations during our busiest days
- Encourage business owners within the church to think of creative ways to partner with the Food Bank and Christmas Bureau
Copyright 2011-2012 Abbotsford Food Bank
