When more than 4,300 men, women and children sit down to Christmas dinner next month, they will offer a collective thanks to the generosity of readers of this newspaper. The program started in 1923.
Innovative ideas prompt additional donations.
David Johnson, a partner in the Halifax law firm Chandler Moore, says staff at his office decided last year to forego giving gifts to each other and donate that money to charity. The office has been giving to Goodfellows for a long while but this seemed to be even more meaningful. Certainly no one on staff needs anything in the way of gifts from each other. We were all very enthusiastic about doing this for the community. The Goodfellows Club was founded in 1923 to provide a Christmas meal to families who otherwise might do without.