Two brothers collect bottles and cans to buy Christmas gifts for families in need
Global News
The gifts the young brothers are buying will be donated to the Salvation Army's Toy Mountain campaign.
Eight-year-old Bradley Venus and his seven-year-old brother Link have had a busy summer collecting and gathering bottles and cans in their Kingston East neighbourhood.
Their father, Mcpl. Michael Venus, says it originally started because the boys wanted to clean up garbage in the area they live in near CFB Kingston.
“I taught them the stories of what I used to do growing up in London collecting empties,” said Michael Venus.
“They were like, ‘Oh, it’s worth money — what can we do with it?'”
The two brothers, with the help of their parents, settled on the the Salvation Army’s Toy Mountain campaign.
“For kids in need for Christmas that don’t get presents for Christmas,” said Link.
The boys’ goal of raising $1,000 was quickly exceeded, so they decided to try and double their total.
“We’re hoping to hit it. Tomorrow they will count after school how much they’ve raised,” said Sarah Venus, the boys’ mother.
