Dilico Anishinabek Family Care’s Christmas Wish campaign has collected 1,200 wish bags this holiday season.
The new record comes in large part thanks to this year’s partnership with the Children’s Aid Society, allowing for hundreds more wish bags to be collected than in previous years.
For two decades, the charitable campaign has distributed personalized wish bags to Thunder Bay residents.
Each bag contains the personal information of a child in need, including their name, age, and Christmas wishes.
Participating residents are instructed to fill up their wish bag according to the personalized wishes of the respective child.
Those participating can also add additional items, such as clothes.
Now that the wish bags have all been collected, the charity will distribute them to enrolled children across the district before Christmas.
