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The KCCU Christmas Caring Program has been going strong for over thirty years and has provided over 1,000 members and their families with resources to enjoy and celebrate Christmas. The program evolved from an annual staff gift exchange and blossomed into our co-operative community program of Members Helping Members.
Christmas Caring is designed to help those members who have encountered personal economic hardship over the past year due to illness, layoff, job loss, under-employment, or limited income. We provide these member families with a supply of staple groceries that should last the family 2-3 weeks as well as all the fixings for a traditional Christmas dinner. We do our best to also provide gifts for the families’ children.
We also recognize that Christmas is not just for kids and include nominations for qualifying senior members to our program. This has been most successful! How wonderful it is to provide a small food hamper and Christmas fixings and build an opportunity for our seniors to enjoy a Christmas meal with family and friends when otherwise they would not have sufficient resources to do so. A small gift also lets a senior know that someone cares and much of the time has been the only gift they receive.
Nominations are submitted by our staff in November and vetted by our staff committee. In early December our branch Christmas trees are adorned with donation cards which outline details and gift ideas for nominating children and seniors. Interested members are welcome to take a card from the tree to purchase a gift or donate to help support the purchase of groceries and gifts.
The program is completely anonymous and is specific to helping members of Kingston Community Credit Union only.
As part of the credit union philosophy of People Helping People, KCCU is committed to building, strengthening, and enhancing the lives of those in our Kingston community. Throughout the year, our Community Sharing Program helps support local organizations and community groups by providing financial and volunteer support.
Here are some ways we have helped in the past:
How does it work and how can I help?
Many of our members look forward each year to selecting a card and spreading some Christmas cheer to those who need a little help.
Our goal is to provide a food hamper and gifts (kids and seniors) to each of our Christmas Caring individuals or families (those who have encountered personal economic hardship over the past year due to illness, layoff, job loss, under-employment, or limited income) and also supply Winter Care Kits to marginalized individuals in our community. We hold staff fundraising events throughout the year to help fund our program but it is the generosity from our members that continues to shine through each year! It is truly inspiring to see how generous and caring our members and staff are and to see the true spirit of cooperation and caring. Thank you to all those who support our program!
If you are interested in participating, please take a card from our branch tree to purchase a gift for a child or senior, purchase supplies for a Winter Care Kit or make a donation to help purchase groceries and gifts.
Christmas Caring is an employee run program by the members of KCCU’s Social and Fundraising Committee and is specific to helping members of Kingston Community Credit Union only.
Visit one of our branches or give us a call to select a card from our Giving Tree.
View more details below.
Purchase a gift for your selected child or senior and drop off to one of our branches no later than December 13, 2024.
Children and seniors from our selected member families who have agreed to take our extended helping hand for Christmas are added to our Christmas Giving Tree. The card indicates the child’s age, gender, size, and includes some general likes to help offer ideas for gifts. The program is completely anonymous.
If you are purchasing your gift online, please feel welcome to have the gift delivered directly to our Gardiners Road branch – just please include Christmas Caring and child’s age on the package.
This program is specific to helping members of Kingston Community Credit Union only.
Make a cash donation to help us purchase groceries and gifts.
We will purchase all the fixings for Christmas dinner along with a staple order of groceries that will last two to three weeks for our member families along with gifts for the children and seniors.
If you wish to make a cash donation to help support this, please visit one of our branches or give us a call to donate from your account.
Please note that we are unable to provide tax receipts as our program is not a registered charity.
Purchase kit items and drop off to one of our branches no later than December 13, 2024.
Winter Care Kits will be distributed to marginalized individuals in our community.
Possible items to include in Winter Care Kit:
Please note that we are unable to provide tax receipts as our program is not a registered charity.
Thank you for your support and generosity!
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