Thank you for your support of SOS Thrift Shop, you are supporting vital SOS community programs! Thrift Shop Donation Drop-Off Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 am - 2 pm. Shopping Hours: Monday - Saturday, 9 am - 4 pm.
The SOS Mixers for the Middles Group have been working hard on planning and holding quarterly events per year. Recently, we held a Ticket to Ride Board Game Night at Railyard Games. It was a success! With many participants aged 22 – 65, whether they were new or experienced players, everyone had a fabulous time.
Our next event will be in the Spring – To be announced. Follow our social media for more details.
See below some photos from our Ticket to Ride Board Game Night – February 28
Due to low registration number for this event, it has been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Our next free event about the importance of play and recreation programs that support healthy development for children and youth will take place in April, and it will be open to the public. Watch our social media pages or sign up for our e-newsletter for updates. Click here to sign up for our e-news.
Our Personal Growth Group is starting next week! January 18 – March 22, weekly on Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:30 pm at SOS Community Services Centre. Experience shared wisdom, strength and inspiration, and help enhance your quality of life and develop your potential while gaining new skills and confidence.
Available for Ages 19+, cost is $5 per session and SOS subsidizes the remainder of the program cost.
We wanted to provide some updates on our XYZ Generations Adults Group:
We have changed the name of the group: Mixers for the Middles!
We hosted a Foraging Tour led by Vancouver Island Tours. The weather turned out perfectly for this amazing forest walk in Coombs, where we learned what to put in our salads (year-round!) what we can pick to eat or drink, and how to make a natural, bubbly juice!
We aim to hold events for the group quarterly throughout the year.
We plan to run a Ticket to Ride Game in February 2024.
If you’re interested in finding out the details for our next quarterly XYZ Generations event, follow our social media pages or sign up for our E-newsletters on our website homepage. www.sosd69.com.
Thank you Tigh-Na-Mara for hosting the annual Toy Drive and everyone who supported the event this year!
Thanks to your support, we received twice as many gifts as last year (2,527 in total), an incredible amount of gift cards (valued at $6,050), and cash and cheques ($23,266) plus a $1,500 grant from RBC whose members also volunteered their time at the Toy Drive!
Tigh-Na-Mara staff also contributed 33 bikes and helmets thanks to their Bikes for Tykes program!
Such a fantastic way for many people to kick off the holiday season with kindness and warmth.
The Silver Spur Toy Ride was a success! We saw about 40 horses and their riders dressed up in Christmas attire on Sunday, Nov. 26, along with a wagon and support vehicles, travel from Ballenas Secondary School to Arrowsmith Lodge and Stanford Place, before making their way to SOS Thrift Shop to drop off toys, gifts and financial donations for the SOS Caring for Community at Christmas program.
Over 100 gifts, along with $360 in cash and $30 in gift cards were collected during this event. All the toys and gifts are now adorning the shelves of the SOS Toy Shop at the SOS Community Services Centre in Parksville. Volunteers will arrange all the donated gifts into age-appropriate areas and low-income parents and grandparents will come shop for free for their children until Dec. 21.
Thank you to Silver Spur Riding Club!
To learn more about the SOS Christmas program, to register for assistance, or to make a financial donation, visit www.sosd69.com, or call 250-248-2093. Drop in to the SOS Community Services Centre in Parksville with a gift or financial donation during business hours, attend an event that benefits the program, or locate an SOS Angel Tree at a participating business.
