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4th Annual Christmas in July raises $2,700 for Christmas Exchange

July 8, 2009

(Ottawa, ON)

Hundreds of hungry commuters joined in the fun of celebrating Christmas a little early this year at the 4th Annual Christmas in July Breakfast BBQ held earlier this morning at the Fallowfield Transit Station.

Several VIPs, including, Councillor Steve Desroches; Police Chief Vern White and Santa himself were on hand to help serve breakfast and collect donations for Christmas Exchange.

Thanks to the generosity of all those in attendance, over $2,700 was raised in support of the Christmas Exchange’s Food Assistance Program. This money will be used to provide more than 27 families with a festive meal this coming December holiday season.

Christmas Exchange would like to thank Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., Mattamy Homes, EMC Nepean/ Barrhaven, ‘A’ Ottawa, Ross’ Your Independent Grocer, Starbucks Coffee (Woodroffe/Strandherd), OC Transpo, TD Canada Trust (Strandherd), Barrhaven Optometric Centre, and Erb Transport Ltd for making Christmas in July a success again this year.

Christmas Exchange provides food assistance to those in need during the December holiday season. In 2008 the Exchange provided direct food assistance to 25,180 people in 9, 278 families, including 11,278 children and 2,198 seniors. Due to recent economic hardships, the Exchange expects the number of people needing assistance to increase significantly in the upcoming holiday season, thus making your donations that much more imperative to ensure all those in need receive a decent meal around the holiday season.