Officials at the Street Help Homeless Centre on Wyandotte Street have posted a list online with first names, ages and genders of dozens of children and teenagers, hoping members of the community can help with Christmas gift donations.
They say many of those less fortunate that rely on Street Help do not have custody of their children, but are still a Mom or Dad, asking for people to consider sponsoring a child, or children this holiday season.
“We just want to make sure every child is covered,” said Street Help administrator Christine Wilson-Furlonger.
Wilson-Furlonger said it’s been an annual tradition that began over 30 years ago before Street Help existed, suggesting all children have the right to feel loved, no matter the circumstance their family finds themselves in.
“We started the Christmas program specifically for people that didn’t have custody of their children, and the why of that is really important,” Wilson-Furlonger …