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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-12-17, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015. 100 toys, 300 pounds of food collected by Blyth clubs Quite a haul The Blyth Lions, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 420 and Legion Ladies Auxiliary all pitched in to make what organizer Chris Lee hopes to be the first of many annual Blyth Toy and Food drives a success. The event, which officially ended during the Lions Club’s Christmas dance on Saturday, brought in more than 100 toys and over 300 pounds of food. Shown with the toys are, from left: Legion President Ric McBurney, Lions President Alex Blair and Lee. (Denny Scott photo) What organizer Chris Lee hopes will be the first in a long line of annual toy and food drives for Blyth community groups came to a successful conclusion earlier this week. Lee, of the Blyth Lions Club, had envisioned a toy and food drive benefitting the Salvation Army after seeing one done through one of his children’s hockey teams and wondered why the Blyth Lions could not do something similar. In a previous interview with The Citizen, Lee said he anticipated it being a smaller event for the Lions, however, between one meeting of the group and the next, it grew in a good way. What Lee had anticipated being a Lions’ initiative that would end at the annual Lions Christmas dance suddenly involved the Blyth Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Legion Ladies Auxiliary. “It really snowballed, which is great,” he said. After the dance, Lee said he was very happy with the outcome of the drive. “It went very well,” he said. “We have a nice mound of toys.” Lee said that there were many toys at the dance as well as a collection he had at his shop, Lee’s Service Centre, and another collection at the Blyth Legion. “It all comes down to anything is better than nothing for groups like the Salvation Army, but I’m impressed with what we have here,” he said on Monday. Lee said that when he first envisioned the drive, he had hoped that it would be a success so the Lions, and now the Legion and Legion Ladies Auxiliary, could make it an annual event. “That was some of my intention in doing it once, to see if we could make it work every year,” he said. “It doesn’t cost us anything other than a bit of gas to go to Wingham to donate the items.” Lee said the drive drive brought in more than 100 toys and over 300 pounds of food. 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