Amazon driver helping collect donations

By Mike Renzella

The Haldimand Press

CALEDONIA—The holiday season is upon us, and while many look forward to this time, there are just as many out there whose struggles to provide for themselves or their family are multiplied during this time of year.

For Brantford resident and Caledonia-based Amazon delivery driver Julia Daly, that struggle is all too familiar.

“I was a bit of a delinquent kid. I lived in group homes and foster homes and made some really crappy teenage choices that landed me in jail,” said Daly. “I have been in pretty bad financial situations in the past where I have relied on things like the hamper program in Brantford and the food bank. I have been on Ontario Works before, even when I was working, I was still struggling to make ends meet, especially around Christmas time.”

Daly, who is known to her many customers as the ‘friendly neighbourhood Amazon lady’, decided it was time to return the favour for the help she received. “I know what it’s like to be stuck, to be stressed out, to want to give and not be able to, and to need something and not be able to ask.”