The 37th year of the Community Hamper Fund provided to be somewhat unusual.
Because of appeals form many charitable organizations in Campbell River for money and foodstuffs to help the less fortunate in our community at Christmas, the people of Campbell River rose to extraordinary heights when it came to being generous.
When it appeared, as one local paper put it, that the Hamper Fund was “in trouble” and might not realize its goal of providing a hamper to all who had applied, the subsequent outpouring of donations of both money and food to the depot bordered on being unbelievable.
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