Be charitable this Christmas

Here are a few things you can do for charity during the festive season:

• Visit an elderly home and hand out homemade cookies.

• Take a few small gifts to a shelter for women and children.

• Buy a small gift for a child in the long-term care wing of the children’s ward, and bring a bouquet of flowers for his/her mother.

• Serve a meal together as a family at a local homeless shelter.

• Clean out your toy boxes and donate good quality items to an orphanage.

• Raid the pantry for canned goods to donate to a charity.

• Take a plate of cookies and a homemade Christmas card to your doctor’s office, library, church office, and/or dentist office.

• Wear Santa hats and take some doggie treats to your local SPCA.

• Wear Santa hats and take a garbage bag to clean up garbage from your neighbourhood.

• Donate blood for the first time, blood is always in high demand during the festive season.