After reading an emotional article on farmers and suicide, Hayely Quinlan wanted to help take some of the financial pressures off farmers at Christmas time.

"I read a random article and I cried," she said.

She said she was struck by the higher chance of suicide around Christmas time with its associated financial pressures.

"I want to take some of that pressure off," she said.

To kick start the drought relief, Hayley took to social media and put a call out for anyone who would be interested in helping her.

"I made a Facebook post asking if anyone would donate items and there was such a good response that I ended up making a 'Farmers Christmas Drive' Facebook group," she said.

The group has almost 800 members and has been overwhelming, according to Hayley.

"It's been amazing, I'm now even talking to people I don't know from Sydney to Queensland, even Nowra," she said.

She said initially the idea was to give a gift to each child, a small hamper and provide food for a Christmas lunch.

"With the huge response we've now been able to give three gifts per child, we've managed to fill their Christmas trees and that's just amazing," she said.

Hayley said people had also donated through vouchers which could be used to cover food for Christmas lunch.

"They will be able to get fresh fruit and vegetables, I've got the food hampers coming from Coles in Wellington to keep it local.

"Everything they have been living off is longlife, they need fresh food," she said.

Hayley said they had also treated the farming families to lollies, chips and the expensive treats often enjoyed at Christmas time.

The hampers she has created with the help of others include something for everyone from cleaning products to alcohol.

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"We have sanitary items, beer, chocolate, dry shampoo, shaving cream, moisturizer to name a few.

"We also have eight backpacks that were generously donated by Eves Lithgow and Gillette gave us 60 t-shirts, 20 shavers and shaving gel and 20 Head and Shoulders shampoo [bottles]," she said.

Twenty cases of beer were also donated and every family will receive a bottle of wine.

On December 14 Hayley, along with a convoy of helpers, will roadtrip to Wellington where they will meet 19 farming families for a barbecue lunch and handover the hampers and gifts.

"We will get to properly meet the 59 people the items are going to, it will be personal, not just a drop off.

"We're going to have a barbecue lunch, have games with the kids and sit down and have a chat with them," Hayley said.

She said their entire Christmas would be covered and the best part was they didn't even know.

"They don't know it's going to happen and that's what gets me, they have no idea their entire Christmas is going to be okay they just think they're coming for a barbecue.

"It's going to be emotionally amazing, I'm over the moon and I can't wait to see the looks on their faces," she said.

"It will be emotional and amazing, I'm going to be a wreck."

While the gift side is sorted, Hayley said they were still working on the food side of things.

Anyone wanting to donate can drop food off at the Vale Ladies Hall on their Christmas market day on December 1 or to Thompson's Bolts and Bearings at anytime.

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