Kalvas Restaurant in Parksville is once again hosting Meals for More, benefitting the SOS Caring for Community at Christmas program. Bring in a financial donation or a new, unwrapped gift for the SOS Christmas program during the month of December, and you’ll receive a free dessert from their house-made dessert menu! To make a reservation at Kalvas, call 250-248-6933.
Kick-off this Holiday season with kindness! From November 13-19, buy a Holiday Smile Cookie at Tims to support your local community. 50% of proceeds will go directly to SOS Caring for Community at Christmas Program, while the remaining 50% go to Tim Horton’s Foundation Camps!
The SOS Caring for Community at Christmas Program ensures local children and youth experience the magic of Christmas and that adults and seniors also experience joy and dignity over the holidays. With your help, we can make sure that local children and youth are filled with excitement when they wake up on Christmas morning and see a special gift waiting for them under the tree.
SOS collects new gifts to fill the Toy Shop, where low-income parents, grandparents, and caregivers can shop for free. With your help, families, adults and seniors receive local grocery store gift cards so they can choose food that is meaningful to them over the holidays.
Together we’re ensuring they have a good meal to share. Together, we’re helping create magic. Thank you Tim Hortons for helping us share Christmas magic!
*Please note: we are in high need of tween and teen gifts this year.*
Join us on Saturday October 21 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at the SOS Community Services Centre in Parksville for a free seminar about how to prepare for your personal and financial needs as you navigate the aging journey.
Learn from and ask questions of an esteemed group of experts on topics such as:
Complimentary refreshments will be available and a door prize will be drawn at the end of the seminar.
Registration starts Monday, Sept. 25.
Click here to registerPre-register for this free seminar by October 19, 2023 – capacity limited to the first 50 registrants.
For health and safety reasons, please be scent-aware.
Date: Thursday, Sept. 21. Location: SOS Thrift Shop, 188 Hirst Ave. W. Parksville.
Time: 10 am-3 pm.
SOS Thrift Shop has been at its current location on Hirst Avenue for 20 years and it continues to be the main funder of all SOS programs and services. It is a community hub, created by community, supported by community, and benefiting our community’s residents.
Shoppers and guests are encouraged to wear ‘60s themed clothing and accessories to celebrate the initial opening of SOS Thrift Shop in 1969, and 20 years at 188 Hirst Ave. W. in Parksville.
There will be cake, complimentary hot dogs and popcorn, spin-the-wheel for prizes, special sales and live music outside from 2-3 pm.
Come celebrate the incredible impact SOS Thrift Shop has made in the lives of local children, youth, families, adults and seniors thanks to community support!
A big shout out to our media partners The Beach 88.5, The Lounge 99.9 and The Parksville Qualicum Beach News, and our sponsor, Quality Foods.
