About Union Gospel Mission's
Gifts of Hope

UGM’s Christmas Hamper Store, a redesign of our previous Christmas Hamper Program, aims to alleviate the stresses of the holiday season families with low incomes in a dignified, empowering way. When parents sign up to receive Christmas support, not only are they going to be able to shop for their own family’s gifts in our free Hamper Store, but also our outreach workers will be able to build relationships with them and learn more about how UGM can come alongside to support them year-round. 

For the first time in 2 years, we are welcoming parents back into our Hamper Store in person, where they will browse shelves full of gifts to choose the best items for their kids. We’ll offer to wrap their gifts, put them into a Rubbermaid container, and drive them back home full of all the Christmas necessities they chose.

For the first time since the pandemic began, we will be welcoming our community members back onsite to shop in person for their gifts. We will follow any health and safety protocols that are in effect within the province at the time. 

For the safety of our donors, you are welcome to give money towards the gifts instead of bringing gift items to us. Your donation will enable our outreach workers to purchase the necessary items to stock the shelves of our store. However we also welcome donations of items, so please sign up for these on our site and follow the instructions on how to drop these items off.

Support a family or senior in our community by donating money or items (brand new items only, please) to the Christmas Hamper program. We have an online catalogue where you can choose exactly which age groups you pledge to donate items for. If you’d prefer to donate money towards this program, you have the option of donating the cost for the items you select online, and our outreach workers will purchase these items to ensure our Hamper Store shelves are stocked.

You choose how much you would like to contribute to our Christmas Hamper program! With our website, you can select what you would like to provide, and therefore you control how much you’d like to give.

We have listed these as examples to guide you on what parents and children are asking for this Christmas. Feel free to provide what you think fits the description. If there’s something else you think might be useful but not listed at all, please contact [email protected] to check with our team.

The prices provided are listed to give an idea of the value of each item. They are based on an approximate cost in major department stores. If you are purchasing these items to deliver to UGM, you do not need to spend exactly the amount that’s listed, as stores vary, and sometimes you can catch a good sale!

Yes! We have a separate Christmas Cart program for senior women in our community. Each senior who receives a cart gets items such as mittens, toiletries and a gift card. You can provide items for our Christmas Cart program by clicking here.

After checking out, you’ll receive an email with instructions on where to deliver the items and times that you can come by to drop off the gifts. We will also provide instructions for drop-off to make sure we can all practice whichever health and safety protocols are currently in place.

Please remember to bring in only brand new items for donations, to ensure a fully dignifying experience for families.

If you are hoping to deliver items after our deadline of November 25th, please reach out to H[email protected] to see if we can accommodate another drop off time

We have a deadline of November 25th for items to be brought to UGM, but please reach out to us directly at [email protected] to see if we can accommodate a later drop off date.

You can email our team at [email protected], or call us at 604.215.5440 ext. 358