December 2025 Donation Drive for Harvest Manitoba Celiac Hampers
As the Christmas season ramps up, we are asking that you consider the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association as a part of your holiday gift giving. The Manitoba Chapter has decided to approach those living with Celiac Disease in Manitoba to remember that not everyone is able to put gluten free food on their table. This past year has been particularly hard and appears to be becoming more difficult for individuals.
The need for safe gluten free food has increased as you can see below as we have tripled the number of hampers being distributed.
Please consider setting aside a small portion of your budget to support our continued Manitoba Harvest Gluten Free Hamper Initiative. The Manitoba Chapter has had a relationship with Harvest Manitoba for a number of years prior to the pandemic where donated gluten free food was collected at our in-person meetings and dropped off at Harvest.
It came to our attention in February 2021, that Harvest was not able to sort for Gluten Free food as the pandemic had restricted their activities and they had moved to providing hampers to those in need.
The Manitoba Chapter began the Gluten Free Food Hamper Program in partnership with Harvest Manitoba to ensure that those who require gluten free food have access to it through the Harvest Supported Food Banks across Manitoba.
A subcommittee of the Board and volunteers work to solicit donations from gluten free food producers and purchase additional GF food as needed to be placed into the Hampers. To date, we have had many packing events since beginning this initiative where individuals gave of their time to pack hampers and WE THANK ALL OF YOU!
Here are some of the statistics since the program started provided by Harvest Manitoba
Celiac Hamper Program, details are below.
- In 2022 we packed just over 600 hampers
- 2023 we distributed 968 Celiac hampers total.
- In 2024 we distributed 1,537 hampers total.
- In 2025 we will distribute a total of 1,923.
- Currently we serve an average of 150 Celiac hampers per month.
- According to the Celiac Association gluten free food is 150-500% more expensive than its gluten-containing equivalent.
The Chapter has worked hard to keep the price per hamper around $15 but we are seeing with our upcoming packing event that the price for procurement has gone up.
We hope you can perhaps cover the cost of a hamper or a little more.
Please take into consideration that the Chapter provides tax receipts for donations by cheque over $20. All electronic donations through Canada Helps or PayPal through our webpage automatically have a receipt generated.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
Ways to donate:
- Donate gluten-free pantry items (non-perishable preferred) @ our upcoming Meeting
- Contribute financially- every little bit helps!
- “Sponsor a Hamper” fully for a family in our community
Your generosity can make such a difference for those struggling with food costs this time of year.
To Donate click here
Donations – Canadian Celiac Association, Manitoba Chapter
We are highlighted as a Part of CBC Manitoba’s Make the Season Kind Campaign for Harvest Manitoba.
December 5, 2025
