The Compass Food Bank & Outreach Centre, where we provide help for today and hope for tomorrow to over 4,000 people per month, has launched our annual Christmas Drive. It is our philosophy and commitment to respect the dignity of the people that use our services. To this end, based on input from our clients, we are planning to offer gift cards to give our clients more choice over the things they acquire to get some joy from Christmas. Both President’s Choice and Walmart gift cards will be distributed to our clients this year instead of toys. 

Our goal is to raise $70,000 to meet the needs of our clients.

Why the change from toys to gift cards? With some Covid-19 restrictions still upon us as an organization, we have moved away from handling boxes, which would include toys and games. As you’re also aware, with our impending move to an exciting new building in the first quarter of 2022, physical space at our current location right now is very restrictive. We are Blessed at this time of year with so many food donations from the community, that we need to plan accordingly. 

There’s no better way to celebrate the Christmas season than by giving back to your community and people in need. If you would like to donate online to our Christmas Gift Card Drive, you can do so by filling out the form on this page. Tax receipts will be sent to you automatically. If you prefer to donate physical gift cards, you can drop them off at The Compass during our regular market hours. We will need all your information so we can provide you with a tax receipt. Gift cards for President’s Choice or Walmart in denominations of $25 or $50 denominations would be preferred. 

Click the button above or fill in the form below to Donate!