The House Youth Centre continues sponsoring families at Christmas
- Ron Giofu
- Dec 16, 2025
- 2 min read
Four of the families being helped this Christmas by the Amherstburg Food and Fellowship Mission also have The House Youth Centre to thank.
The House Youth Centre, represented by program director Morghan Shearon and board chair Brendan Clouthier, dropped off a large quantity of gift bags at the mission last Thursday afternoon.
“This is our fifth year of getting grant funding from Enbridge,” said Shearon. “Because of the grant, we took on large families.”
The House received $5,000 to help purchase gifts for the families in need. The youth centre then reached out to the mission, got a list of families in need and the Grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 groups went to Walmart and fulfilled the shopping lists.
The students were each given a budget and went around and bought gifts up to the amount budgeted. Those who came under had their bags topped up with gift cards to No Frills so the families could get additional food for Christmas.
Shearon said getting gift cards to No Frills were a nice addition to some of the bags.
There were also two $500 VISA gift cards raffled off to families in need. Shearon said it was gratifying to notify the winning families of the VISA gift cards.
Families helped this year had four to six members. Mission board member and volunteer Jill Kanwischer said there was a lot of need this year and the community stepped up to fill the need in tremendous fashion.
Kanwischer said the mission is grateful for The House taking on the four families they did, as it is often hard to find individuals or organizations willing to take on large families.
“It’s amazing,” she said of The House’s contribution.
The bags are filled with clothes, shoes and fun gifts, with all gifts being valued.
“We do appreciate the things we get year after year as it is to help local families,” said mission vice president Zainia Brockett.
The House Youth Centre continues sponsoring families at Christmas
By Ron Giofu
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