Donations needed to help Christmas Angels serve Nanaimo’s less fortunate
NANAIMO – Hundreds of people will have a happier holiday this year thanks to some Christmas Angels.
This is the sixth year of the Volunteer Nanaimo program, in which many of the people who support it do so anonymously. Spokesperson Rita Innamorati says they do get some assistance in finding the families they end up helping.
“They come to us through agencies or counselors,” said Innamorati. “And they’ve been working with these people so they know a lot about them and what kind of people they are. You know, whether they’re a working family that just is struggling to make ends meet and we just want to make sure that their children and themselves are cared for at Christmas.”
As the awareness of the program has grown over the years, Innamorati says the need for it has also increased.