Continuing a heartwarming yuletide tradition for the 16th consecutive year, staff at the Kingsway Vancouver and Richmond Centre White Spot locations will donate their time and tips on Christmas Day to support local charities.

This season, you can give to the Cuso CAN Fund, which supports Cuso International’s high priority maternal and child health projects in Ethiopia, Benin, Nigeria, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Now in its 7th year, the Whalley Santa Cause has been collecting donations of toiletries and personal hygiene items. On Christmas Day, they will meet at Gateway station to walk around the neighbourhood to hand out the hampers, jackets, sweaters, and socks.

Canuck Place has launched the online Light A Life campaign to invite the public to join donors at the Lighting of the House event in contributing to Canuck Place care

Seasonal Symbiosis in Stanley Park – This month’s Stanley Park Ecology Society guest post, contributed by Ben Hill. While flowers are long gone, there are still many ways that plants and animals rely on each other during the winter months.