Latest Past Events

Red Apple Fill the Sleigh for SOS

Red Apple Unit#10 - 826 Island Highway West, Parksville

Red Apple is once again hosting its Toy Drive and Fill the Sleigh Day! Red Apple collects toys and cash donations over three weeks for SOS, culminating with Fill the Sleigh Day on Saturday, Dec. 9. The cash donations are rounded up to the nearest dollar and used to purchase gifts needed in our Toy Shop. Red Apple donates 5% of the sales made on Fill the Sleigh Day (Dec. 9) to SOS. Click here to add to your calendar

Giving Tuesday – Raise funds for SOS Caring for Community at Christmas Program

Click on the link below to add this event to your calendar: Giving Tuesday - Raise funds for SOS Caring for Community at Christmas Program On Tuesday November 28, our SOS will join other charities across the country and throughout the world in a celebration of giving and gratitude – for one cannot exist without the other. Because Giving Tuesday occurs at the same time of year when SOS is busy raising funds to purchase grocery gift cards and collecting toys for our Caring for Community at Christmas program, we thought this would be a great day to offer a challenge to our community. We are asking you to help us raise $50,000 next Tuesday to go towards our $300,000 Caring for Community at Christmas goal.

Silver Spur

SOS Thrift Shop 188 Hirst Avenue West, Parksville

The Silver Spur Toy Ride will take place Sunday, Nov. 26. Horses and riders from the Silver Spur Riding Club will dress up for this festive occasion and parade down the streets of Parksville. Riders will leave Ballenas Secondary School (time TBA) and travel along Morison Avenue, heading up McMillan St. to the SOS Thrift Shop for a short break, before carrying on to Stanford Place (to visit with residents there), and then back to Ballenas along Hirst Avenue. Click here to add to your calendar Check our social media pages for the schedule, once it's announced.