Thank you for your generosity!
Help deliver some goodness!
Join our efforts from November 1 to December 21, 2024!
For over 25 years, the English-speaking community of the Greater Québec City region has collaborated in running a successful Community Christmas Hamper Campaign, distributing hampers to over 200 households in need. Here are ways that you can help with the campaign. Choose one, choose all!
- Making a monetary donation using our secure online donation form powered by CanadaHelps OR by cheque
- Offering your volunteer time
- Helping to spread the word by becoming a partner or downloading our printable and shareable publicity tools.
Where does my donation go?
Your monetary donations go towards purchasing the food for the hampers - fruit, vegetables, meats and some non-perishable items. Our biggest purchases are bread, eggs and turkey, which complete a traditional holiday dinner.
This annual Campaign is a big challenge with a heart-warming outcome. Learn more in the press release.
About us
Our mission
Jeffery Hale Community Partners (JH Partners) coordinates the campaign's central registry of English-speaking community members who need help during the holiday season. JH Partners is a community-based charitable organization whose mission is to better the health and wellness of the English-speaking community of the Greater Québec City (or Capitale-Nationale) region, including Portneuf and Charlevoix, with focus on those most at risk.
JH Partners is a charity registered with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) since 1991 and is a leader in coordinating the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign. We primarily use CanadaHelps to accept and manage donations to the campaign.
Donor recognition
Unless you request anonymity, we will recognize you in a full-page thank-you advertisement in the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph newspaper in January.
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I would rather to donate by cheque than online
Wonderful! You may submit a donation by cheque payable to the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign. We issue tax receipts for donations of $10 or more.
Community Christmas Hamper Campaign
c/o Jeffery Hale Community Partners
2000-1270, chemin Sainte-Foy
Québec (Québec) G1S 2M4
I am comfortable with donating online
Fantastic! You can donate to our campaign online using our secure and convenient online donation form and receive a tax receipt right away from JH Partners, the registered charity behind the campaign, through CanadaHelps.
Donate Food
Food
When can I donate?
The campaign for collecting non-perishable food begins on November 1 and wraps up on December 8, 2024.
What can I donate?
Please consult our wishlist pdf to your right. All of these items and more are gratefully accepted!
What should I not donate?
We do NOT accept food with expired best-before dates or homemade items, in keeping with the rules and regulations set by the ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ). Thank you for helping protect the health and safety of those who receive the hampers, some of the most vulnerable members of the community.
Before you donate packaged food or cans, please look for an expiry date. If it doesn’t end with /24 (2024) or beyond, we cannot use it!
Where can I donate?
Drop off your food items at any of the following collection sites in your area. A hamper collection box should be found near the entry and identified by a poster with our logo.
Food wish list
No foods with expired best-before dates, homemade, used or opened items please!
Canned goods
- Canned meat (chicken, ham, tuna, salmon)
- Canned fruit
- Canned soups
- Canned vegetables
Other non-perishable food
- Pasta of all shapes and sizes
- Breakfast cereal and instant oatmeal
- Granola bars
- Cookies and crackers
- Jello and pudding mixes
- Juice boxes (apple, orange, etc.)
- Kraft dinner
- Mustard, ketchup & mayonnaise
Volunteer
I’d like to give my time to help deliver some goodness!
We are happy to return to the Eastern Québec Learning Centre this year as our Hamper Headquarters. Thanks to the entire EQLC team for welcoming us back!
If you are interested in delivering hampers, be sure to note the qualifications in the next column and the instructions to register as a volunteer.
Questions? Contact the Volunteer Coordinator for the hamper campaign, by email eholloway@jhpartners.net or by phone 418 684-5333, ext. 11948 (please leave a message and we will get back to you ASAP).
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Qualifications for drivers and their helpers
- Be available on delivery day, Saturday, December 21st.
- Be in good health.
- Be able to lift 25 lbs (either the driver or their helper).
- Have a car and a valid driver’s license.
- Can navigate the region well or have a GPS or a cell phone with Google Maps.
- Registered drivers will receive full instructions by email.
How do I sign up?
- Go to the volunteer page for more information.
- New volunteer? You can fill in an application here.
- Returning volunteer? Using your username and password, login here.
Have you forgotten how to register since you did so last year? Please don't try to fill in an application form again. Click on "I forgot my username or password".
Receive
How and when can I register?
Anyone in need of a hamper may register by contacting a church, organization or institution listed in the hamper registry pamphlet before Friday, November 15, 2024.
If your child attends a school in the Central Quebec School Board, you can contact your school social worker or nurse who may be reached at Jeffery Hale Community Services, 418-684-5333, ext. 11805.
What happens once I’ve registered?
This is a confidential service. Your contact person will give your name and address confidentially to the central registry for the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign. After this is done, names and addresses will be checked for duplication. Your contact person will call you to tell you the date and the approximate time of delivery. We would ask that you make a point of being at home to receive your hamper. It will be delivered to you by a team of volunteers.
What can I expect in a hamper?
A hamper is made up of at least three boxes of food, depending on the size of your household and the donations we receive, plus a bag of frozen meats and a turkey.
Help! I don't know how to cook a turkey!
Please read our instructions on how to cook a turkey safely.
What are other helpful resources available to me?
If you need further help, there are many community services that may be of help to you, including: referrals to other helping agencies (food banks), help with income tax returns, access to a free job bank.
Call Jeffery Hale Community Services to speak with a social worker at 418 684-5333, ext. 11805.
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Fundraising
How can I attend or promote fundraising events?
Thank you so much to all those organizing a fundraiser to support the Campaign!
- EQLC's Piñata Creation Workshop (Jan. 3, 2025)
- VEQ's Oh Deer! Holiday Dares challenge
- RISE's Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix Fun Jar sales (order before Dec. 20)
- EQLC’s Cookie Decoration Workshop (Dec. 7)
- VEQ and Morrin Centre's Holiday Happy Hour (Dec. 4)
- Pound for a Claus! Pound® class event (Dec. 1)
- EQLC's International Lunch (Nov. 28)
- EQLC's Cuisine des Alpes workshop (Nov. 22)
- EQLC's Broadway Sing-along (Nov. 14)
- Thanksgiving Sale at Saint Brigid's Home (Oct. 15 to 18)
- Plant Sale at Saint Brigid's Home (Jun. 3 to 7)
- The Wellness Centre's "Ugly Christmas Sweater" Tuesdays
To find out more, follow the Campaign by liking our Facebook page and by checking out veq.ca/events or qctonline.com/event
I'd like to host my own event to raise funds!
Would you like to help us fundraise with a special event in your circles? Please consult our Guide to Hosting a Third-Party Fundraising Event document in PDF format. Please also see our Brand Guidelines document. If you any questions, contact us: info@jhpartners.net
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Partners
Become a Partner
How can you become a partner?
Are you affiliated with an organization, church or community group? Are you an entrepreneur or an independent business owner? Do you work for a local or international company? Your company, organization or group can help us reach our objective of providing a Christmas dinner in over 200 homes this holiday season.
- Join our committee and help raise funds!
- Share our printable and electronic publicity tools with your network and at your workplace:
- Hamper registry pamphlet
- Letter size (8-1/2x11) poster in English and French
- Tabloid size (11x17) poster in English and French
- 1440 x 1080 jpeg for electronic display in English and French - Join us as a corporate partner. Please view our Corporate Partner Visibility Program and our Brand Guidelines document.
- Donate on your food item or supplies or offer a whopping discount
- Join us as a corporate partner on delivery day
- Lend your company or organization’s expertise in some way
Interested? Call or e-mail give@qchampers.ca to submit your name and contact information along with your interest in partnering with us.
Current Partners
Organizing committee
Representatives from the following community groups are on the planning committee for this annual initiative
- Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
- Central Quebec School Board
- Chalmers-Wesley United Church
- CEGEP Champlain - St. Lawrence
- Eastern Quebec Learning Centre
- Fraser Recovery Program
- Jeffery Hale Community Partners
- Jeffery Hale Community Services
- Morrin Centre
- Quebec Baptist Church
- Saint Brigid's Home
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- St. Michael's Anglican Church
- St. Patrick's Church
- South Shore English Network
- Voice of English-speaking Québec
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Other vital community collaborators
- Citadel Foundation
- Communauté Chrétienne Béthanie
- Dollard-des-Ormeaux School
- Église Unie Saint-Pierre
- Everest Elementary School
- Holland Elementary School
- McGreevy Manor
- Nations Québec Integration
- New Liverpool Elementary School
- Portneuf Elementary School
- Quebec City Reading Council
- Quebec High School
- Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
- Saint Brigid’s Home Foundation
- St. Lawrence College Student Association
- St. Patrick's High School
- Ste-Foy Elementary School
- Valcartier Elementary School