What is Christmas in King?
Christmas in King (CiK) is run entirely by volunteers with a mandate to offer everyone in King Township a happy holiday season. We know that many people manage without support for 11 months of the year, but December can tip the scales severely. You do not need to be registered with the King Township Food Bank to receive CiK benefits.
CiK is a separate organization, but relies on the support of KTFB; the two organizations partner to share holiday cheer with all who let us know we can help.
The Gifting program is in full swing, and Christmas in King offers thanks to a number of families in King and the following:
- St. Mary Church
- Beech Nursery Group
- LGL Limited
- AECOM
- Marquis Gardens
- King City Site – The Well
Because of you, the majority of gift requests have been adopted for donor shopping. Patti Skrypek will soon be activating a team of shoppers to fill the remaining requests.
Leona Zadoyko has been distributing boxes to over 100 adopters of these hampers of festive foods geared to the season.
Karen Marshall keeps us updated on database changes, and is sorting and allocating the wonderful toys, games and puzzles arriving early at the Pavilion Santa Workshop. We thank the Township for allowing us temporary access to the site.
Bonnie Mooney has started the Great Turkey Roundup, sourcing grade A frozen turkeys at ‘best price’. We are, however, looking for temporary homes for the birds in the Nobleton area. We will collect them from your freezers on Friday December 20. Let us know if you are up for fostering a few birds! Call Carol Ann at 416-559-7898
Once again, Brookdale Treeland Nurseries will be donating fresh green wreaths for all famililes registered with Christmas in King. Wonderful Christmas spirit!
The picture attached shows Nancy Boyd(l) as she and Karen Marshall have just finished filling Karen’s minivan with an assortment of toys, books, jigsaw puzzles and magnetic puzzles that will be distributed through Christmas in King 2024. Huge thanks to St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Nobleton for this trove of gifts.
In 2023, early gifts received with some of the volunteers at St. Mary’s Church who organized and distributed gift tags. Over 100 gifts for children in the list of requested items were donated by the congregation. That was 6 carloads! An amazing undertaking and greatly appreciated by the committee who had a record number of requests for assistance this year.
Volunteers organizing hampers and gifts for pick up and delivery.
In 2023, Christmas in King was overwhelmed by the very large number of gifts from the Annual King Chamber Toy Luncheon. All have been assigned to families across King, with guaranteed smiling faces Christmas morning. In addition, the raffle of the centrepieces raised nearly $800 in cash. Sincere thanks for this perennial support for an organization that was facing a record number of requests this year.
In 2023, Breakfast with Santa at Nobleton United Church raised nearly $700 for Christmas in King; funds were used to purchase gift requests. A big shout out to NUC for their perennial support.
In 2023, Visconti’s No Frills in Nobleton donated 20 frozen tuekeys to help satisfy requests for turkey at Christmas
In 2023, Team M at the Rugcutterz Danz Artz school of dance sent a very generous donation which was in lieu of the gifts they would normally give to the teachers.