LAST CHRISTMAS, SOMEONE TOOK OUR TREE. THIS CHRISTMAS, WE’RE GROWING SOMETHING BETTER. ❤️
Last Christmas, one of the Christmas trees at Battle River Lending Place disappeared.
We could have let that experience leave us disappointed. Instead, we’ve decided to turn it into something positive.
Because Christmas isn’t always the happiest time of year.
For some, it’s a season of financial pressure, loneliness, grief and exhaustion. For caregivers, it can be another day of putting someone else’s needs ahead of their own.
We don’t know why someone took our tree. But we do know that our community is full of people carrying burdens we may never see.
So this Christmas, we’re turning a missing tree into a Forest of Kindness.
We’re inviting our community to help us recognize and support the caregivers among us — the people who give their time, their energy and often their own peace of mind to care for someone they love.
Fill out our online nomination form at: https://lendingplace.ca/care-for-the-caregiver
Or call us at 780-673-1335 and we can fill out the form for you over the phone.
Or email us at office@lendingplace.ca and include: nominator’s name, nominator’s phone, nominator’s email, caregiver’s name, and your relationship to caregiver. Please include a paragraph: telling us about the person and their caregiving responsibilities, the challenges they have faced this year, and what makes this caregiver deserving of extra kindness this year.
Or stop by and pick up a paper copy of the form at our office: 4702 44 St, Camrose
Nominations close on November 30th.
Let’s replace judgment with understanding, isolation with connection, and stress with a little kindness.
One tree was taken. Imagine how much kindness we can grow in its place.
Because at Battle River Lending Place, we believe in people helping people. ❤️