12/10/2025
🎁 WALKERTON… YOU DID IT! ❤️
We are absolutely blown away.
Every year, this community reminds us what the season of giving is truly all about, and this year, you showed up in a big way for local families.
Thanks to your kindness, our 20th Annual Toys for Tots & Gift Drive was another incredible success! All gifts and monetary donations will be distributed through the Walkerton & District Optimist Club and Walkerton & District Food Bank to support children and teens right here at home.
✨ This year you helped us collect:
• 267 gifts (for ages 0–16 , toys AND non-toy essentials!)
• $2180 in monetary donations, including $1,000 matched by our doctors
These funds help purchase items that are often requested but rarely donated — things like warm clothing, winter boots, pajamas, hygiene products, and other meaningful gifts that make Christmas brighter for local families.
Over the past 20 years, this community has now contributed over 4500 gifts and over $10,000 in donations. What an incredible legacy of generosity.
A huge thank-you to this year’s Gift Basket Sponsors:
🏠 Walkerton Home Hardware
🥦 Walkerton Foodland
🧸 Toy Shoppe of Walkerton
💨 Medigas Walkerton
🍁 Voisin's Maple Products
🍬 Kathie’s Kreation's Kandy
🚗 Walkerton Toyota
💀 In Line Family Chiropractic
Thank you to their staff, customers, and every single person who donated, whether you gave a toy, a teen gift, or a monetary contribution. Every bit made a difference.
We feel truly blessed to live and work in a community that cares this deeply.
From the bottom of our hearts… thank you, Walkerton. ❤️
Photos attached:
#1 = Gift baskets donated by local businesses to support collection efforts. From back left: Dr. Adam Alexander, Jeff Goulding, Joel Pletch, The Grinch (aka Tall
Paul), Stephanie Doerr, Lauren Ritchie, Dr. Glenn Lang. Front row from left:
Katherine Butchart, Joanne Verstege, Betty-Anne Elliott, Marijo Lamont, Dawn
Eggleton. Photo credit: Denika Hope
#2 = photo collage of all toys collected
#3 = Monetary donation totaled at $1980 (+200). From Left: Dr. Glenn Lang, from the Walkerton Optimist Club Betty-Anne Elliott and Dr. Adam Alexander. Photo credit: Denika Hope