Huron Expositor, 2006-12-13, Page 32in
The Huron Expositor • December 13, 2006 Page 32
News
Nearly 200 kids participate
pping Day in Seaforth
Susan Rundertmark
With close to 200 children
buying out the place by
noon on Saturday, the first
ever St. Nick's Children's
Christmas Shopping Day at
St. Thomas Anglican
Church was a "phenome-
nal" success, says organizer
Donna Walton, of Seaforth.
"I am just so thrilled and
we're newcomers to the com
munity," says Walton.
Originator of the idea first
in Orillia in 1976 and then
in Fort Erie, Walton says
both events are still going
strong and she `intends to
continue the event in
Seaforth next year.
"There was more than
enough for everyone and we
got donations already for
next year. The helpers had
to do some coaching and
cajoling to help the kids fig-
ure out what they wanted
but the children went out
with a big smile on their
faces," she says.
In cooperation with the
Parish of the Holy Spirit,
which includes Anglican
churches in Seaforth,
Clinton and Mitchell,
the shopping day for
kids involves donated
gifts, both handmade
and donated by local
businesses.
A group of volunteers
gathered to sew, knit,
paint and put together
gift packages and gifts
were sold in a price
range from five cents to
$5 in the church hall as
parents waited in the
church.
Walton says there
were plenty of gifts for
mothers, sisters, aunts
and brothers but that
next year more gifts for
both men and pets will
be needed.
While traffic was a lit -
John Walton photo
Jackie Denham gives a helping hand to a group of children
as they look for the perfect Christmas gifts for their friends
and family during the St. Nick's Children's Shopping. Day at
St. Thomas Anglican Church in Seaforth Dec. 9.
tle slow at the start of the
morning, the event
packed by 10 a.m.
"At 10 a.m., it was a
ti
rush - you couldn't move for
was kids," says Donna's husband
John.
mad All proceeds will go
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towards a children's charity
or towards children or youth
events in Seaforth, Clinton
or Mitchell.
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Wed. Dec. 20th
until 8 pm
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