The Estevan Hamper Association was at Canadian Tire over the weekend filling one of the Estevan Fire Department's vehicles with toys and food for donations to the less fortunate and for their Angel Tree program. 

Char Seeman is a member of the Hamper Association and said that the group received a higher than normal amount of people putting their names on the list of being in need.

For that reason, the group is only sitting at about a third of the gifts and food they will need for the holidays.

Even with a large number of donations still to be collected Seemans was positive and said that she is grateful to all those who have made a contribution and that she is confident they can still reach their goal.

They will continue accepting donations right through to Christmas and the rest of the holidays.