Home: Guidelines for Hampers

Last year, 793 families applied to the Christmas Bureau for assistance. The majority of these families were adopted by individual families, businesses and organizations who provided food hampers and gifts for their adopted families. Applicants, who are not sponsored, receive food vouchers and gifts directly from the Langley Christmas Bureau.

Sponsors are expected to have hampers delivered on or before December 19, 2012. We ask that all Sponsors make contact with their adopted families by December 13 and set a delivery date/time.

Guidelines for Christmas Hampers The Langley Christmas Bureau offers the following suggestions for inclusion in Christmas Hampers. Our hope is that the hampers provide all the trimmings for a hearty Christmas dinner as well as extra food for the holiday season.

 

Hamper Food Items	Family of 6-7	Family of 4-5	Family of 2-3
Gift Certificate	$80	$60	$40
Gift Certificates enable clients to purchase perishable food items for their Christmas Dinner in the days leading up to Christmas.
Potatoes	10 lb	10 lb	5 lb
Vegetables (canned)	5 x 398 gm	4 x 398 gm	2 x 398 gm
Cranberry sauce/jelly	398 ml	398 ml	398 ml
Soup (canned/dehydrated)	5 x 284 ml	3 x 284 ml	284 ml
Real fruit juice	4 litres	3 litres	2 litres
Tea, coffee, hot chocolate	250 gm	250 gm	250 gm
Peanut Butter	1 kg	1 kg	1 kg
Jam, honey, marmalade	500 ml	500 ml	500 ml
Fruit (canned)	3 x 398 ml	2 x 398 ml	398 ml
Chocolate or candy canes	750 gm	50 gm	50 gm
Stove-Top dressing	2 x 250 gm	120 gm	120 gm
Foil Roasting Pan	1	1	1
Christmas candy/nuts
Cake or cookies
Pasta/sauce/rice
Pancake batter/syrup/cereals
Crackers

• Toilet paper, tissues, paper towel, napkins, dish soap, candles paper table cloth, cake mixes and canned frosting, brownie mixes, anything you would enjoy or need through the Christmas period.
• Do not include any home baking or canning.
• Do not include any alcohol.