The 15th annual Stockings For Kids program is now underway.
Thanks to the cosponsorship of the Delta Optimist, the merchants of Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall, Century Group and the Tsawwassen community, 300 kids supported by Deltassist will once again benefit from this Christmas project.
The program was launched in 1996 and with overwhelming community generosity, has steadily grown from 150 to the current 300 stockings.
Stockings For Kids makes an appeal to the community to sponsor a stocking with a designated gender and age, fill it with appropriate new gifts, and return it to the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall for distribution by Deltassist Family and Community Services.
A varied assortment of groups, businesses and individuals respond to the needs of kids less fortunate. Sponsoring a stocking is perhaps one of the truest gestures of giving, as it is done anonymously, with each recipient having no way of thanking the donor.
Everyone simply takes the opportunity to give something back to the community and enhance a child's Christmas morning.
Stockings may be picked up during the mall's Adopt A Stocking Day on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., near Sublime Art Supplies. Participants will be asked to choose what age and gender they would like to fill a stocking for and then are requested to return the filled stocking to The Smoke & Pop Shop by Friday, Dec. 2.
Those wishing to participate, but unable to attend Stocking Adoption Day can call the mall's promotions office at 604-943-1735 after Nov. 6 to make alternative pick up arrangements.
