If you require a food hamper and live in
Canyon Meadows, Southwood, Haysboro, Kingsland,
Ramsey or Albert Park
please call us at 403-253-4297
or email us at 
SSVP@stgerards.ca

All other areas please call 403-250-0319.

1. We will be giving gift cards in place of food hampers, so families can purchase the foods they would most enjoy over the holidays.
2. Gift giving will be for the children only.

1. Contact us or fill in the form to Adopt-A-Family below and we will send you the family’s details, including the children’s age and gender.
2. You will then purchase one gift for each child, to a maximum of $30 per gift.

3. Wrap and drop off to SVDP at the church by December 14.

Help to make the season a little more merry and bright for those in need. You can participate by taking a tag from the tree in the church foyer, with a personal item, staple or treat to give.

Below is a list of staples and treats needed for the Christmas Hampers.

Drop off to the St Vincent de Paul donation box in the church entrance before December14. Thank you for your generosity!

Staples:

Laundry soap
Deodorant
Shampoo and conditioner
Body wash
Razors
Shaving cream
Tooth paste and tooth brushes

Treats:

Chips
Chocolates
Candy
Family games
Gift certificates (McDonalds, Tim Hortons, etc.)
Popcorn
Hot chocolate
Marshmallows
Movie passes
Any other treats that may be a tradition in your family.

If you are unable to drop your donation off, please contact us at the phone number and/or email above and we will pick it up from your home.

Canned Soup                                             Canned Vegtables
Canned Fruit                                              Brown Beans
Apple or Orange Juice                              Apple Sauce
Cereal                                                          Crackers
Cookies                                                       Kraft Dinner
Toilet Tissue                                              Hand Soap
Tuna                                                            Peanut Butter
Jam                                                             Pancake Mix
Pancake Syrup                                          Hamburger Helper
Pasta                                                           Pasta Sauce
Rice                                                             Luncheon Meat
Tea or Coffee                                             Dry Chicken Noodle Soup

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Gerard's Church is so grateful to our donors! It is because of you that we can help the needy in the following areas of Calgary:

• Canyon Meadows
• Southwood
• Haysboro
• Kingsland (south of 75 Ave SW)
• Ramsay
• Albert Park

Thanks to our local businesses who have helped so much with last year's hampers. Please support them in return:

• Donated 442 hampers to 885 adults and 493 children.

• Shared $18,515 in gift cards so that our clients could buy perishable food items.

• Distributed 3 books of bus tickets so they could get where they needed to go.

• Helped pay $1205 in rent and $892 in utilities so those in need could stay in their homes.

• Helped many clients find the furniture and clothes that they needed for themselves and their children.