Posted by Sue Foster

IT'S ONLY CHRISTMAS WHEN YOU SHARE IT

The Rotary Club of Lincoln is pleased to announce that the final delivery of Christmas gifts and gift cards has been completed! On November 24, the Rotary Club of Lincoln made a decision to commit $10,000 from the Lamplighter production fund and to work with Community Care of West Niagara & Village of Hope so that they could buy, wrap and deliver gifts for kids and youth in its local community.
 
The Lamplighter Tour came about in 2003 and has remained as one of Lincoln Rotary’s major fundraisers www.lamplightertour.com that had to be canceled this year. These funds are usually reserved for the completion of local signature projects such as the Charles Daly Rotary Band Shell at Charles Daly Park and in the last year contributions to Rotary Park in Beamsville and The Legacy Hall at Cave Springs Camp. The club membership and Lamplighter Production team unanimously decided to spend the funds a little differently this year and created the Gifts for Kids campaign.
 
Community Care of West Niagara shared that one of their needs was gift cards for youth so the youth could use these to purchase something on their wish list. We responded by providing 100 gift cards all packaged and wrapped with a few treats so they could be distributed by Community Care of West Niagara to youth on their lists.
 
Village of Hope supplied a wish list of gifts for kids and our Rotary elves shopped for and wrapped a mountain of toys to be distributed by Village of Hope as part of their hamper program.
 
It's Only Christmas When you Share It! has been our theme for the Gift for Kids campaign.