News Letter 01/2012

Thank you so much!

We would like to thank all our faithful and generous supporters:
Lunch with Friends

We would like to thank our Tuesday’s lunch crew Patty Beale (cook), John Sharpe; Fridays lunch crew Carol Hickman (cook), Christa Banks, Christine Evens, Colleen Lenihan and all the other servers and volunteers, whom each week give their time to prepare and serve wonderful, nutritious hot meals to members of our community.
A special thanks to Tom Morrson, who sets up each week for our meals program.
Thanks to our lunch and friends volunteers and donors in 2011 we were able to serve over 4000 hot meals to adults and children on the Sunshine Coast!

Harvest of Hope Food Bank
We would like to thank all our faithful supporters of The Harvest of Hope Food Bank. Both your financial and food donations assist those in need in your community.
SuperValu • IGA Marketplace • Grace Covenant Church •Calvary Baptist Church • Christ The King Church • Christian Life Assembly • Gibsons Chiropractic • Curves • Dance Works • Carola’s Quilt Shop • Gibsons Pool • Bank of Montreal • Royal Canadian Legion • Elphinstone Secondary Rotary Interact Club • Gibsons Bottle Depot • Allan Stevenson Realty • Ruth Moore Realty • Ed Aikens Realtor • Gibsons Elementary Family Fun Night • Gibsons Yacht Club • Langdale RV Park • Life Labs • Sunshine Coast Minor Hockey Association • Ethical Bean
A special thank you all our wonderful private individuals!
Special thanks to John Hird, Richard Davey, Linda Nason, Louise Nason, and Pam Cox for doing a great job of helping at the food bank.
Thanks to our supporters in 2011 we were able to provide over 1,868 adults and children hampers of food on the Sunshine Coast!
Daily Bread & Produce
We would like to thank all our generous supporters of The Daily Bread and Produce program. Your daily food and produce donations assist those in need in your community. • SuperValu • IGA Marketplace Gibsons • Starbucks • Wheatberries Bakery • Seaweeds Health food store
John Cockburn our volunteer driver who does the pickups and a special thanks to all the wonderful volunteers!
Thanks to our bread and produce volunteers and donors in 2011 we had 11,000 visitations on the Sunshine Coast!
Storage
A special thanks to Sunshine Coast Self Storage for storage space!

Thrift Stores

Gibsons and Sechelt
We would like to thank the generous volunteers, whom each week give their time to serve our community.
We would like to acknowledge to all our volunteers at the Gibsons Thrift Store.
Their names are: Arlys Peters, Chris West, Brenda Manton, Richard Shearsmith, Stephanie Rogers, Nora Williams, Wes Harrison, Irene Proudfoot, Mary Chester Webster, Candice Garrett, Ewelina Jasinska, Marilyn Damien, and Morgan Wynne.
We would like to acknowledge to all our volunteers at the Sechelt Thrift Store.
Their names are: Eudora Yourk, Jordon McCourt, Eldri Jackson, Elliot Trueman, Judy Ryland, Petra Long, Matthew Paull, John Hnatow, Cheryl Krieger, Bill Walkey.

Christmas Volunteers

Kettle Campaign 2011
Thanks to all the spirited volunteers who assisted with the Christmas Kettles and to all of the community members who filled them with donations and to all our sponsors. • Canadian Tire • IGA Marketplace Gibsons • Trail Bay Mall • Claytons • Extra Foods • Sunnycrest Mall • SuperValu • Benjamins International Cafe• The Sunshine Coast Realtors • Gary and Charlene from Prime Car Rentals • Scotia Bank • SCCU • RBC • Wakefield Construction Inc • Coast Reporter • Gibsons Rotary Club • Rotary Club of Sunshine Coast-Sechelt • TELUS Ambassadors • Chat and Elphi students • Gibsons Rotary Interact • The various churches on the coast • Special thanks to • Christian Life Assembly • Calvary Baptist • Calvary Chapel • Living Faith Lutheran • My Father's House • Bethel Baptist •
A special thank you all our wonderful private individuals! A very big thank you to Inge Hardman for doing a great job as 2011 Kettle Coordinator.

Community Christmas Dinner
Thank you to all our wonderful sponsors and volunteers who make our annual Christmas dinner at Camp Sunrise such a success. • Prudential Sussex Realtors • Katharine & Elliot Trueman • Camp Sunrise • Allan Walker • and all other Private Individuals. Thanks to everyone's great efforts we were able to serve 69 Adults and Children at our annual Community Christmas dinner..


Christmas Family Sponsorship
We would like to thank the individuals, organizations and businesses who assisted with sponsoring families for Christmas. • Kathy Johnstone • Sharon Burk • Coastal Craft • Thodeson • Midcoast Dental • Airspan Helicopters • Gibson Dental Center • Sally McDonald • Bank of Montreal • Gibsons RBC • Eileen Envoldson • West Coast Air • Sunshine Coast Dental • Bill and Kathy Grisenthwaite • Thanks to TSA facilitating families in need with individuals, organizations, and businesses our sponsors were able to make 15 families Christmas a joyous day.