Giving joy. Giving hope.
The Santa’s Sleigh Holiday Gift Giving Program is the annual Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation fundraising event held at the Peterborough Walmart Store on Chemong Road that helps make the holiday’s brighter for local children and youth. Through our Santa’s Sleigh program, each child receiving services from the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society receives gifts of their choice purchased and donated by members of the community. Walmart shoppers choose a card from the tree, purchase the requested gift and drop it off in the Sleigh. Gifts are then collected by Foundation staff, sorted and delivered to the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society case workers, who in turn happily present them to each child.
Each year upwards of 150 local volunteers from the Central Lakes Association of Realtors, the East Peterborough Lions Club, as well as a number of generous, community-minded individuals give their time to mind the Sleigh at Walmart on Chemong Road. Over the last thirty-four years, our community has given over 20,000 gifts to children through the Santa’s Sleigh gift-giving program. Many local businesses and organizations also sponsor entire families in need. This holiday gift giving program also collects donations of much-needed gift cards and personal care items in support of youth who are in transition from KHCAS care and working at developing their independence.
We would like to thank all individual and business donors who participate every year. You have shown that the holiday spirit is still alive in your hearts and minds. We would also like to thank Walmart on Chemong for allowing us to park our sleigh in their entrance way each year. We look forward to carrying on this annual holiday toy-drive that has become a tradition in our community.
None of this would be possible if it were not for our generous corporate sponsors, donors, and volunteers.
A special thank you to:
-Chemong Walmart Canada for the space donated
-The Wolf 101.5 FM, Global Peterborough, and 1005 Fresh Radio for the media coverage
-Central Lakes Association of Realtors
-The East Peterborough Lions Club
-Foundation Board Members
-Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society employees and their families
and other dedicated volunteers.
We would also like to thank all those businesses, organizations and schools who donate toys, food, cleaning supplies, gift cards, and clothing, and to those who sponsor large numbers of children and families each year.
