Christmas For Kids

Christmas for Kids, coordinated by the Amherst Lions Club, begins Monday Nov 13. The phone line at 902-667-1949 will operate Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Dec. 8. Parents can pick up gifts for their children from Dec. 11 to 15. Angel trees will be up in various locations around Cumberland County including at Dayle’s Grand Market, Scotiabank branches in Oxford and Pugwash, the Pugwash Co-op, Dairy Queen, Archway Insurance, Amherst Pharmasave, Community Credit Union, the Artisans Market in the Amherst Centre mall, the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre and at the Christmas for Kids headquarters in Amherst Centre. You can also make grocery box requests via the Christmas for Kids line, 902-667-1949.

(600 kids were helped last year by Christmas For Kids.)