Planning is underway for our annual Christmas Hamper Campaign, and we are confident we will be able to fulfill the requests we receive with your continued help. We are blessed with the support you have given to St Vincent de Paul Society, and we hope you will join us again as we work towards filling and delivering Christmas hampers and gifts to those in need. Once more we are asking for volunteers and have posted our work schedule on the back of this insert. Could you please review the time and place where your help is needed, and we will gratefully accept your giving of your time to the project. We would like to extend a warm welcome to our past volunteers and look forward to working with you again.
GOD BLESS YOU

CHRISTMAS GIFT TREES
In both Parishes the Christmas Gift trees have been set at the side altars.
At St Ann’s – The tree has tags for:
- Male/Female Child (under 10 years) – please supply a gift up to $25 value.
- Male/Female Youth (11-18years) – please purchase an appropriate gift card (remember Holy Cross School sells a selection of gift cards) and place unwrapped with the tag under the tree.
- Male/Female Adults– please supply a gift up to $25 value and place unwrapped with the tag under the tree.
All unwrapped gifts and gift cards must be dropped off at St Ann’s before or immediately following the 6pm Mass December 15th. Any questions please contact Nella 250-493-8944 or Pat Swanson 250-770-1980.
At St John Vianney – The tree has tags for:
- Male/Female Child (under 10 years) – please supply a gift up to $25 value.
- Youth (11-18years) – please purchase an appropriate gift card (remember Holy Cross School sells a selection of gift cards).
- Male/Female Adults– please supply a gift up to $25 value.
- Frozen Turkeys.
All unwrapped gifts, gift cards and frozen turkeys must be dropped off at St John Vianney hall before or immediately following the 9 am Mass December 15th. Any questions please contact Louanne 250-493-0999.
Please bring all unwrapped gifts back by DECEMBER 15TH so they can be placed in appropriate hamper for the December 21st delivery. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT.
A WELCOME TO NEW VOLUNTEERS
If you have never taken part in this Campaign, why not get involved this year and be a Christmas Hamper DELIVERY ELF. It’s not hard, it takes as little as one hour on Saturday morning December 21st. Bring a spouse, child, family, friend. You’ll be given 5 hampers to delivery in one area of Penticton. Many of our drivers return with the empty boxes and do even more deliveries. We are certain you truly will feel the Christmas spirit as you help deliver the hampers. When you return from your deliveries please join us in the hall for refreshments. We appreciate your involvement, enthusiasm and willing participation in our Christmas Hamper Campaign. Together we can help provide a very Merry Christmas to some of those who struggle in our community.
Christmas Hamper Volunteer Schedule 2024
Dec.14th Saturday, Noon – Pick up tables at Curling Club and then set the tables up in St. Ann’s Basement
- Time Required: 1 – 2 Hours
- Help Required: 8 Strong persons and two pickup trucks
- Meet at the Church

Dec. 15th Sunday, Noon, right after 11:00 AM Mass – Set up boxes in St. Ann’s Basement
- Time Required: 1 hour
- Help Required: As many people as possible.
Dec. 17th Tuesday, 8:300AM – Pick up shopping carts from Wholesale Club, pick of dry goods and bread (suppler TBA)
- Help Required: 8 Strong persons and two pickup trucks
- Meet at the Church
Dec. 18th Wednesday, 9:00AM – Packaging Tea, Margarine etc.
- Time Required: 1 – 2 hours (Depends on number of people helping!)
- Help Required: As many people as possible.
Also on Dec. 18th, 9:00AM – Wrapping Gifts
- Time Required: Depends on number of people helping!
- Help Required: As many people as possible.
Dec. 19th Thursday 7:45AM – Pick up of perishables – potatoes, onions, carrots, oranges etc from Wholesale Club/IGA and other suppliers.
- Time Required: 1 – 2 hours
- Help Required: 8 Strong people and two pickup trucks. School kids to assist.
- Meet at St. Ann’s
Also on Dec. 19th Thursday 9:00AM – Apples delivered by farmer. We must unload the apples by hand and carry them into the Church basement. School kids to help.
- Time required: 1 hour
- Help required. Strong people to help unload the apples from the bins and take the fruit into the church basement.
Also on Dec. 19th Thursday 11:00AM – 3:00PM – Filling of the 300+ hampers; packaging fresh produce (apples, oranges, potatoes, carrots and onions.); Finish wrapping gifts.
- Time Required: Depends on number of people helping! PLEASE GIVE AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE TIME AS YOU CAN.
- Help Required: As many people as possible. Many hands gratefully needed!!
Dec. 21st Saturday, 6:45AM – Strong people needed to help pickup/load and unload turkeys, hams and eggs.
Dec. 21st Saturday, 9:00AM – HAMPER DELIVERY DAY….LOTS OF ELVES NEEDED
- Time Required: 1- 2 Hours. Depends on number of volunteers. Please continue picking up and delivering hampers until all hampers have been delivered. Please unload hampers at your destination, then cut tape and collapse boxes for return to the church. Please return collapsed boxes to church basement. We re-use as many boxes as possible saving us a considerable amount of money.
- Help Required: As many men, women, children and youths as possible. Working out of St. Ann’s Basement
EVERYONE INVITED BACK TO THE HALL FOR REFRESHMENTS
FOLLOWED BY:
Dec. 21st t Saturday, Noon – Return Tables to Curling Club and Shopping Carts to IGA. Finish work schedule by cleaning up the Hall
- Time Required: 1 – 2 hours.
- Help Required: 8 Strong people to return the tables and volunteers to help with the clean up and collapse and store boxes.
THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US AT ST VINCENT de PAUL
If you are willing to help or for more information, please call
Jerry 250-488-8575 / Sharon 250- 493-1208 / Rick 250- 486-1728 / Rene 250-809-9479