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Kids' shopping day coming to Seaforth
Jeff Heuchert
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Kids who come
to St. Thomas
Anglican Church
in Seaforth Dec.
9, will get an
opportunity to
shop for that
perfect
Christmas gift
for family,
friends, or even
a pet. •
And, they'll
get to do so
without their
parents.
In co-operation
with The Parish
of the Holy
Spirit, which
also includes
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From left to right, Betty Bums, Donna Walton and Lois
unteers who have been busy making things for the St.
Shopping Day in Seaforth Dec. 9.
churches • in
Clinton and
Mitchell, con-
gregation mem-
bers • from
Seaforth are
planning their
first St. Nick's
Children's
Christmas
Shopping Day.
"Pre-schoolers
and young chil-
dren persevere
while their par-
ents are
Christmas shop-
ping and they
tag along. So I
thought, let the
Children have
their own day,
without their
parents," says
Donna Walton of
Seaforth, who
spearheaded the
event.
"Kids never
have a shopping
day for them-
selves. They
need that ele-
ment of sulprise
and joy," when
their parents
open a gift and
they don't know
what it is, she
adds.
Walton has
seen first hand
the success of
the children's
shopping day.
She came up
with the idea
and first orga-
nized the event
in 1976 in
Orillia, and then
at another
church years
later after she'd
moved to Fort
Erie.
"And they're
both still going
strong," adds
Walton, who
estimates that
by Dec. 9 they
should have
approximately
500 items all
together - 95 per
cent of which
she says have
come from gen-
erous donations
from Main
Street Seaforth
businesses.
Donated gifts
Jeff Heuchert photo
Scoins, are three of the vol -
Nick's Children's Christmas
.range from
sweaters, to jew-
elry, to small
tool sets to many
other different
knick knacks.
"The support
from the local
businesses and
their generosity
in overwhelm-
ing," says
Walton. "As a
newcomer (she
moved to
Seaforth • in
October of 2004)
to the communi-
ty, people are
just opening up
their shops for
me. It's amaz-
ing."
The rest of the
gifts have been
created by a ded-
icated group of
volunteers from
each of the three
churches, who
have gathered
each Wednesday
in Seaforth to
sew, knit, paint
and put together
different gift
packages.
Walton adds
that most of the
volunteers have
also taken the
work home with
them, estimat-
ing they've put
in thousands of
hours all togeth-
er.
"I put the idea
in their heads
and it's just blos-
somed," notes
Walton.
Children are
asked to come
prepared to the
shopping day
with a list, but
Walton says
there will be
either an older
child or adult
there to escort
each child and
assist them with
their change and
give guidance on
what to buy.
Gifts will
range in price
from five cents
to $5 and will
• be wrapped and
tagged on site.
See VOLUN-
TEERS, Page 9
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