Envision Financial has launched the Full Cupboard Holiday Program for a fifth consecutive year to help spread some holiday cheer to those in need.
Last year, over 1,800 gifts and 5,974 pounds of food were collected through the program. This year, the team at Envision Financial is hoping to collect even more.
"The feedback that we receive from our community partners on our Full Cupboard Holiday Program has been extremely positive," says Susan Byrom, manager of community investment at Envision Financial.
"Food Bank Canada's HungerCount 2014 revealed that B.C. food bank usage is up 3.6 per cent and 30.8 per cent of food bank users are children. That's why we are so proud of our Full Cupboard Holiday Program. By participating in this initiative, local residents have the opportunity to give a gift worth giving and make the holidays brighter for families, children and seniors in our communities."
Starting this week, all Envision Financial locations will display a decorated Christmas tree with Full Cupboard tags containing gift suggestions for a child or senior in the community as well as tags representing the most wanted food items from local food banks.
Members of the community are invited to take an ornament from the tree and return it with a new, unwrapped gift, food or cash donation by Dec. 13. All gifts and cash donations will be delivered to a local non-profit agency, food bank or Christmas Bureau.
In Delta, the program is partnered with Deltassist, the South Delta Food Bank and the Surrey Food Bank.
Envision Financial is a division of First West Credit Union, B.C.'s third-largest credit union with 38 branches and 29 insurance offices throughout the province. First West has more than 177,000 members province-wide and close to 1,300 employees.
