Charity looking for partners to help fill Christmas wishes

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Local charity is giving Greater Victorians the opportunity to play Santa for those experiencing homelessness in our community.

A Victoria-based charity program that fulfils the Christmas wishes of homeless people in various Canadian cities needs funds to continue its project this year. Jennie and Daniel Keeran started homelesspartners.com from their laptops while living in Vancouver in 2005 after sharing breakfast with a homeless man who told them about his struggles on the street.

Read the article: Charity looking for partners to help fill Christmas wishes

Source: Times Colonist

Author: Sarah Petrescu

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