As we get closer to the holidays and the season of giving, PWA is happy to share in the spirit of the season with our Annual Holiday Bag Program. Over two days in December staff and volunteers meet to assemble and hand out hundreds of bags filled with donated goods to help make the holidays special for our clients. This year we are thrilled to partner up with St. Luke’s Church, located at Carlton and Sherbourne, to share this experience together. Opportunities to attend social outings, like the holiday events that PWA put on each year, reduce isolation, increase social support, encourage ongoing learning and improve self-esteem that play an important role in staying healthy.
Thanks to our supporters and contributors of the Holiday Bag program who have come together to support this annual initiative, Johnson & Johnson, P & G, McGregor Industries, Starbucks, Book AIDS, Rogers, and of course the Staff and Volunteers who will make it all happen.
PWA’s 2016 Holiday Bag & Children’s Gift Certificate Programs will be held on
Saturday December 10th from 12:00pm to 7:00pm.
At
St. Luke’s United Church 353 Sherbourne Street.
(Side entrance with the ramp)
HOLIDAY BAGS
Available exclusively for Clients of PWA.
Registration will open on November 14th and close on December 9th.
If 600 participants register prior to December 9th, registration will be closed.
Participants who miss the registration can come to St. Luke’s between 6:30pm and 7:00pm on December 10 to get a bag if any go unclaimed
Registration Process and Pick-up:
There are two ways to register starting November 14th:
1. E-mail foodaccess@pwatoronto.org with “Holiday Bag 2016” in the subject line.
You will receive a return e-mail confirming your registration. Print or take a photo of this confirmation and bring it with you when picking up your bag along with a piece of identification. If you send an e-mail after registration closes you will receive an e-mail stating that the registration is closed.
2. In person at PWA during regular office hours at the Service Access Desk or through the food programs students.
When you register in person you will be given a confirmation slip that you will need to bring with you along with a piece of identification when picking up your bag.
We will not be taking any registrations by phone, you must use one of the two ways listed above.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION AND ONE PIECE OF IDENTIFICATION
If you are sending someone in to collect your bag, please provide them with the e-mail confirmation or confirmation slip along with a piece of their identification.
Bags will not be available at PWA after the program distribution date of December 10.
CHILDREN’S GIFT CERTIFICATES
225 Children’s Gift certificates are available on a first come, first served basis. Gift Certificates not collected by 16th December will automatically be issued to individuals registered on a waiting list.
Who is Eligible?
Children of PWA clients can receive a gift certificate for $30 each.
To be eligible, your child must be:
- Under the age of 18 as of the 10th of December 2016
- Have proper proof of date of birth on file
- Live in Toronto and have a postal code that starts with M;
- Children do not have to be HIV positive.
How to Register?
- Registration begins Monday, November 14th, 2016 and closes on Friday, December 9th, 2016 at noon
- Contact your Income and Community Liaison to request a gift certificate for each child under 18 years of age
Where to Pick-up?
Saturday, December 10th 2016 from 12-7 p.m. at St. Luke’s United Church 353 Sherbourne Street
If you have any questions, please contact your Income and Community Liaisons Bill Handley or Rajesh Pisharody in person at PWA, or by phone at (416) 506-1400
PWA graciously acknowledges the support of Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Rogers, Starbucks, St. Luke’s Church, and all our volunteers who helped to make this happen.
