He said it was nice to give back to people and doing so brought out “warm and fuzzy” feelings. A box filled with baubles, Santa hats and tinsel had already been collected, and Kay said he hoped more would arrive. It was a good opportunity to clean out the cupboard and give old Christmas decorations to a good cause. He was aiming to receive a Christmas tree or two to donate with the decorations. Black Sheep Design owner Mark Inman said people normally donated food and gifts to charities in the lead up to Christmas. “But there are lots of families that can’t afford a tree of decorations.”
The pandemic unexpectedly saved thousands from financial ruin. But there s a reckoning on the horizon
The COVID-19 pandemic, surprisingly, helped thousands of debt-ridden households in Atlantic Canada, and many low-wage workers found themselves actually better off than before. But the financial distress that had been expected at the beginning of the pandemic might instead come near its end.
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Federal aid and bank policies that left many in Atlantic Canada better off may come back to haunt them
Posted: Dec 11, 2020 5:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
Melanie Cove is a 37-year-old single mother of two boys. She received the Canada emergency response benefit for five months after being laid off from her job.(Robert Short/CBC)
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Tamariki from Turitea Childcare Centre have donated food and Christmas presents to The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. From left are Alexander Irvine, 4, Anita Card, 4, Luke Irwin, 4, Emma Rudman, 4, Emily Henricksen, 4, Toby Sevrinson, 4, and monsignor David Bell.
Children have donated food and gifts to help replace thousands of dollars of food for disadvantaged families was stolen from a Palmerston North church. Turitea Childcare Centre’s 38 children and their parents collected three boxes of food and two sacks of gifts to donate to The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on Broadway. The church’s foodbank, run by the Society of Saint Vincent De Paul, was targeted by thieves who took more than a thousand dollars of food and Christmas hampers to go to people in need.