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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.
The final tally was made at the
Lions Club’s annual Christmas
dinner and dance, which was held on
Saturday night at the Blyth and
District Community Centre. A
Christmas tree at the front of the
room proudly showed off the large
collection of gifts and food items
gathered over the course of the first-
annual drive.
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