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 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.
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!
We had a great time at our Foraging Tour yesterday presented by our SOS XYZ Generations Group! A big thank you to Vancouver Island Foraging Tours for partnering with us for this free event!
SOS XYZ Generations Group aims to provide fun activities for local adults, facilitate connections and promote healthy social lives.
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!
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.
See some of the photos below from the Foraging Tour:
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:
Brain and Memory Health
Physical, Emotional, and Social Wellbeing
Aging in Place – home care and other available community resources
Will Planning – what should your will contain
Choosing your Power of Attorney and Executor
Writing your Personal Directive (will also touch on MAID – Medical Assistance in Dying)
Planning ahead for your End of Life arrangements
Leaving a Legacy
Complimentary refreshments will be available and a door prize will be drawn at the end of the seminar.
