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Santa coming to town Santa parade won’t do loop of park this year By Colleen Flanagan s t a f f re p o r te r

anta Claus will be coming to town on Saturday, Dec. 3. The evening’s festivities will begin at 4 p.m. with the start of the Christmas In The Park festival in Memorial Peace Park in Maple Ridge. Christmas lights will adorn the bandstand to highlight the evening’s entertainment, which will be kicked off by students from St. Patrick’s School singing Christmas carols. Festival-goers will be treated to free hot chocolate, popcorn, cider, smores and cookies. However, the Christmas Festival Society asks people to bring their own mugs in order to reduce the amount of waste around the park. A food vendor will be open from 4 to 6 p.m., serving hot dogs, hamburgers and french fries, by donation. All proceeds will go back to the Christmas Festival

Society to ease the $10,000 it takes to put on the festival every year. “We want it to be as free as possible,” Natalie Freer, publicity coordinator for the Maple Ridge Christmas Festival Society, said of the evening. “We don’t want anybody to feel excluded.” At the Children’s craft section, there will be a choice between making one of two Christmas ornaments; a candy cane or a wooden nativity scene. Mr. and Mrs. Claus will be welcoming children at Santa’s Yurt, which will be in a new location. This year the yurt will be located on the new brick area at the southwest corner of the park in order to give Santa better light to see children’s Christmas wish letters. Children can bring their letters when they visit with Santa, then put them into Santa’s Mailbox, located beside the yurt. A free four-by-six-foot picture will be given out to all of Santa’s visitors. People are also welcome to take their own photographs. At 6 p.m., Santa will leave

the yurt to help countdown the lighting of the new Peace Tree, located along 224th St. at the southwest area of the park, which will signify the beginning of the Santa Claus Parade. This year, the parade will be bypassing the loop around Memorial Peace Park for a couple of different reasons Freer said. “We have had the fire department say they’d like to have their large fire trucks in the parade.” They are unable to make the turn at the top of the loop. “We have also had concerns with safety because so many people are crammed into the park,” Freer added. “If it doesn’t work out this year, we will bring the loop back into next year’s route.”

Parade route The parade will start at Church Avenue, travel south along 222nd Street, turn east on Dewdney Trunk Road, then south on 224th Street. It will go straight past Memorial Peace Park, then turn right at Lougheed Highway, finishing at 223rd Street.

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Hamper making Christmas memorable Society provides presents for disadvantaged families By Colleen Flanagan s t a f f re p o r te r

he Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society is off and running again, working to create a memorable Christmas for financially disadvantaged families in the community. Every year the society collects new, unwrapped toys for children, items for teens, adultoriented gifts for parents and caregivers, gift wrapping and cash and cheques to pay for Christmas food vouchers and more toys. The goal of the Christmas Hamper Society is to provide a sack full of toys, with a value of at least $75 each, for every child up to 18-years-old, and a full traditional Christmas dinner for the whole family. Families are also treated to two days of free shopping at the hamper’s Rudolph’s Recycle Shoppe and a free shopping spree for the children to choose a gift for their parents and caregivers in the Kids’ Only Gift Shoppe. Last year, the Christmas Hamper Society registered and assisted 625 families in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows and is expecting the same demand or

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Zoë Cross and her daughters Phoebe and Molly, as well as son Jake benefitted from the Christmas hamper last year. even more this year. The society does not do any door-to-door or telephone soliciting and operates strictly through the generosity of volunteers. Donations can be dropped off at the Christmas Hamper Society office, located on the Albion Fairgrounds, across from Planet Ice. The office will be open from

10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday to Friday in November, and starting Dec. 1, it will be open seven days a week from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. until Dec. 17. Toy drop-off boxes will also be located in Haney Place Mall and ValleyFair Mall. At the Christmas festival on Dec. 3 in Memorial Peace Park, toys and cash will be collected

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at the society’s big red tent that will easily be identified by a sideways Santa hat logo. Cash and cheques can also be dropped off at the Maple RidgePitt Meadows News office at 22328 – 119th Ave.. If you would like to sponsor a family for Christmas, go to www. mrpmchristmashamper.org and click on the Good Neighbour

Program, where you will be able to get information, as well as an application form. Families wanting to qualify for a Christmas hamper can register at the Christmas Society office on Nov. 13, 20 and 30 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Also register on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., at either the Royal Canadian Legion on 224th Street at Brown Avenue, or Ridge Meadows Community Services, at 22359 119th Ave. In Pitt Meadows, registration will be at Pitt Meadows Lions Hall on Harris Road on Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. To qualify, you will need to bring the last stub or print out of a monthly financial assistance or disability cheque, CareCards for members of the whole family, proof of residency, photo ID for yourself and proof of age for any children over 16-years-old. If your family is low-income, you will need to bring any proof of lack of income such as wage receipts, rent, phone, hydro, car payments or any other bills, in addition to CareCards, proof of residency, photo ID and proof of age.

• For additional information you can call 604-463-6922 or email lorraine@ mrpmchristmashamper.org.

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he Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association has launched its 16th annual Coats for Kids campaign in support of the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau, a group which many initiatives help provide a brighter Christmas for families in need. In addition to the GVHBA ofﬁce, 29 companies at 45 locations in 13 municipalities will serve as coat drop-off sites from November 21 to December 9. Coats, toques, gloves, blankets and new unwrapped toys will be collected at two locations in Maple Ridge. Not only is there a need for children’s coats, but also for teens and adults as well, says GVHBA president Peter Simpson. “There is a greater need this year than in past years as the economy is not as strong as last year,” says Simpson. He is encouraging people to really search their closets for items that they either don’t wear or have grown out of. See Coats, p7

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sprey Village will have its fourth annual Christmas tree lighting celebration on Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. There will be caroling, crafts, warm beverages, along with the official lighting of the tree. Santa Claus will also be on hand for the festivities. The third annual Pitt

Meadows Christmas will take place on Dec. 2, put on by the Pitt Meadows Community Foundation and the City of Pitt Meadows. Join in the celebration at Pitt Meadows Spirit Square from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for this free family event. The annual lighting of the City Christmas tree

will be taking place along with live entertainment by the Bergthorson Academy of Musical Arts and the Showstoppers Academy of Performing Arts. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be making an appearance ,as well. Refreshments and hot dogs will be available by donation.

Open your hearts, closets Coats from p6 Simpson started the campaign 16 years ago after driving to work through a poorer neighbourhood in the city. He saw children walking to school in cold weather without proper clothing and realized that they just didn’t leave their homes dressed like this by choice. They didn’t have warm coats to wear. As soon as he got to his ofﬁce, Coats for Kids was born. Last year, the GVHBA collected more than 3.000 winter coats, scarves and gloves

from 34 companies that allowed their premises to be used as drop-off locations in 13 municipalities throughout Metro Vancouver. “We always get a very good response from the people of Maple Ridge,” says Simpson. “They open their hearts and their closets for us.” Donations will be picked up by the local Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau agency after Dec. 9 in time for them to distribute the coats when needy families pick up their Christmas Hampers this year. However, Simpson says,

if other agencies that help the homeless need coats to distribute, they can contact him at peter@gvhba. org and he will make sure their needs are addressed as well.

• Drop boxes will be located at the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News at 22328 119th Avenue, where donations will be collected from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Donations will also be collected at Portrait Homes Ltd., 13851 – 232nd St. from Monday to Friday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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Christmas Haven serves up turkey, fun Teaming up with Salvation Army to provide catering this year By Colleen Flanagan s t a f f re p o r te r

he 14th annual Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Haven will be held at the ACT again this year. Everyone is invited to join in the holiday celebration on Dec. 24, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the ACT, located at 11944 Haney Place. Every year the Christmas Haven brings people together on Christmas Eve to provide a sense of belonging and camaraderie for people who face hardship and a lack of support over the holiday season. It will be a free, non-denominational event that will be wheelchair accessible for people of all ages, ethnicity and socio-economic status. “The main thing is that everyone is welcome. It’s for anyone,” says organizer Corisa Bell. “It’s to provide a celebration for anyone who doesn’t have family in town or is alone at Christmas.” This year, the Christmas Haven has teamed up with the Salvation Army, which will be catering the event. A free hot turkey dinner will be served during an evening ﬁlled with musical entertainment, including a Christmas carol sing-a-long. Children can look forward to crafts and colouring, and face-painting provided by the Emerald

Pig Theatrical Society. Finally, Santa Claus will pay a special visit to hand out a present to everyone. Bell says the Christmas Haven is planning to serve around 300 people this year, but that there will be extras just in case more people attend. Any leftover food will go back to the Salvation Army and toys will be kept for next year’s Christmas Haven, Bell added. Since the Salvation Army will be providing the food this year, Bell says instead of turkey donations, the Haven is looking for cash donations and donations of presents for teenagers and adults, who are often overlooked. Bell suggests gift cards since teens and adults are hard to buy for, but the Haven will accept any donation. From Dec. 1-31, cash donations will be accepted at both the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Leisure Centres, and donation boxes for toys and presents will be located at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre and at Curves in Maple Ridge at 22335 Lougheed Highway. More volunteers will also be needed this year, says Bell. And the sooner the better because every volunteer needs a criminal record check.

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award-winning music on Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. in the main theatre. Following the performance families can then exit to 224 Street to watch the Santa Claus Parade. Tickets are $13 per person or $45 for a family of four. Family passes can only be purchased in person at the ticket centre or by phone at 604-476-2787. • Double-Juno nominee and multiple East Coast Music Award winner Jill Barber will transport her audience to another time and place with her sultry voice on Sunday Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the main theatre. Adults are $35, seniors $32 and students $15. • Maple Ridge Secondary School’s music department will be putting on two evenings of amazing music on Dec. 5 and 6, with coffee and dessert served at intermission as part of the price of admission. Monday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. will feature the Motown Vocal Jazz Choir, the Senior Concert Choir, the Intermediate Concert Band 9, the Junior Jazz Band 9 and Senior Jazz Band 11. Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. will feature the Senior Concert Band, the Junior Concert Band 8, the Junior

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by his parents. When he starts feeling pressure from his coach and teammates and a change in the relationship with the girl-next-door, Eve, it creates a strain on his life. Approximate running time for the movie is 120 minutes. General seating tickets are on a firstcome, first-serve basis and are $11 each. Doors open a half hour prior to the start of the film. • The Maple Ridge Concert Band will be presenting “Joy,” a winter concert on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m.. Dubbed “an evening of music befitting the winter season,” the band under the direction of Ed Dumas, is hoping to evoke “a state of happiness or felicity,” (as defined by the Merriam/Webster dictionary), to all who attend. Tickets for the event are $9.50 for adults and for seniors and students, $7.50. For groups of eight or more will be one dollar less per person. Tickets are not available online, but can be purchased at the ticket centre by calling 604-476-2787. • Robyn and Lorraine, otherwise known as Bobs and LoLo, a regular feature on Tree House TV, will have families on their feet, singing and dancing to their

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he 15th annual West Coast Express Santa Train will be rolling into town on Dec. 10 and the 17 this year. Each year the West Coast Express offers free rides to Waterfront Station and back with the donation of a new, unused and unwrapped toy for the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau. The Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau, established in 1930, currently gathers toys all year round to be distributed to needy children by 12 local bureaus around the Lower Mainland. All toys collected here will go the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society, which will then distribute them with Christmas Hampers or at Rudolph’s Gift Shoppe. Last year, 120 toys and more than $40 was collected at the Pitt Meadows station, 500 toys and more than $60 at Maple Meadows station, and 350 toys and more than $55 at Port Haney station. Lorraine Bates, co-chair of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society, says the Santa Train is a great way to get children involved in giving. “The Santa Train is perfect

Mission City station at 10 a.m. on both days. It will arrive at Port Haney station at 10:17 a.m., Maple Meadows station at 10:23 a.m., Pitt Meadows station at 10:27 a.m. before picking up people in the TriCities area and heading to Waterfront station for 11:15 a.m.. Last year, a group from Alexander Robinson elementary and Rayne Beveridge, with students from the Bergthorson Academy of Musical Arts, provided musical ambiance at the local train stations. Anyone wishing to be part of the musical entertainment this year can contact Bates at 604-463-6922. This year, the second annual open house at Waterfront Station will take place as part of the annual festivities. From 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., both days, Santa Claus will be on hand for photo opportunities, there will be face painting and crafts for children to do, as well as live musical entertainment. People are asked to bring non-perishable food donations for the food bank to the Waterfront Station event. The return train leaves at 5 p.m.

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he Canadian Pacific Holiday Train hits the rails again at the end of month and will chug into Maple Ridge on Dec. 17. Since the program’s inception in 1999, more than $5.6 million and 2.45 million pounds of food have been collected in Canada and the United States. The goal of the Holiday Train is to collect food and money for local food banks and to raise awareness in the fight against hunger. The trains are made up of 14 rail cars, decorated with thousands of festive lights and a modified boxcar that turns into a traveling stage for live performances at each stop the train makes. Both trains will visit 150 cities and towns on both sides of the border. The Canadian train starts off in Quebec on Nov. 27 and heads west through six provinces. Joanne Olson, executive director of the Friends In Need Food Bank, is hoping everyone is as generous this year as they were last year. A total of $21,113.24 was presented to the food bank in 2010, as well as 5,500 pounds of food, donated the night of the event. “Twenty thousand dollars is a significant amount of money,” Olson said of the generosity of the community. “It is about a month’s worth of our budget.” Firefighters from both the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will once again be collecting money for the food bank at various locations on Dec. 10. Members of the Maple Ridge department will be out from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. collecting money at Safeway, both Save On Foods locations and at Coopers. Pitt Meadows firefighters will be at Meadowvale Shopping Centre and Meadowtown Centre from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. collecting cash, food and toys, half of which will also go the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. The Billy Minor Pub is giving out $5 gift certificates with every five non-perishable food items donated at the pub. Since the CP Holiday Train program started in 1999, close to 2.5 million pounds of food donations have been collected and $5.6 million. The 13th annual event will be headlined by folk musician Valdy. A native to Ottawa, Ontario, Valdy has been performing for more than 40 years and has fans all over the world. Valdy is behind such hits as Play Me a Rock ’n’ roll Song and A Good Song that was recorded by Quincy Jones under the name Just A Man. Joining Valdy on stage will be special guests, the Brothers Dubé. Dubbed as Canada’s youngest rock band, Liam, 14, Jan, 12, and Quinn, 10, have been raising money for charity since they formed the band in 2006. They have performed live

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Train time Canadian Pacific Railway’s Holiday Train will be chugging into town on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 4:15 p.m. across from the Billy Minor Pub.

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Plight before Xmas Award-winning author Gordon Kirkland has released his eighth book in time for early holiday shoppers. The Plight Before Christmas is the author’s second full-length novel, following on the heels of his previous book, Crossbow, which was released earlier this year. “Costco already has an aisle dedicated to their Kirkland brand holiday decorations, so I didn’t think it was too early to bring out my own Kirkland brand novel,” the Pitt

Meadows resident quipped. “There have been a lot of people waiting for this novel to be released,” he added. “It hit Amazon three months to the day from Christmas Eve and sales started coming in right away.” The story is set largely in the early 1960s, following a family dealing with a number of somewhat come-

dic calamities and disasters leading up to the holidays. Through it all, the events draw the family, especially the books two central characters, the father and the older son, closer together. • The book is available exclusively from Amazon.com as both a paperback, and for their Kindle e-reader.

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he Maple Ridge Public Library will help you get into the Christmas spirit with several festive events this year. • Night Time TalesChristmas Countdown will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 6:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. and will be an evening of holiday songs and rhymes, stories and a special Christmas puppet show. • The Silvertones Seniors Choir and special guests will be gearing up

for an evening of Christmas stories and songs. Everyone is invited to the celebration called a Christmas for Grown-Ups that will take place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Tea, coffee and cookies will be served. • Celebrate Las Posadas, the traditional Spanish prelude to Christmas, with stories about the culture’s traditions and the tastes and smells of the holiday season. Mexico Vivo Dance Group will be performing and authentic Mexican food will be served. Posada takes

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Jayne Perrault and Shelagh MacGregor show the angels decorated by Pitt Meadows elementary students. Meadowtown shopping centre, organizers Shelagh MacGregor and Jayne Perrault have their tree decorated with 73 angels, up from 60 angels from last year. “We had a huge response last year,” says Perrault. “We had people coming in and asking for angels, but we ran out.” This year they asked for more angels and already they have had donations. “We had a customer come

in yesterday and give us $50 and asked us to do the shopping because he didn’t have time,” says MacGregor. All of the children’s wish lists are organized by the food bank, but the branch will be collecting non-perishable food items, lightly used clothing and cash donations as well. People are asked to pick an angel and bring the unwrapped toys back to the branch by Dec. 15.

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A Time to Remember The Ridge Meadows Hospice Society presents “A Time to Remember.” This is a non-denominational, candle lit evening for the community to gather and remember a loved one that has died. Christmas is often a difficult time of the year and many bereaved individuals find comfort with this night that provides special recognition of their loss.

We invite you to join us, for “A Time to Remember” On Wednesday, December 7th at 7:00 p.m. St. George’s Anglican Church, 23500 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge For more information please call the Resource Centre:

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LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT? Community Giving Cards are a unique way of sharing the Christmas spirit in your own community. By making a donation to Community Services in honour of someone on your list, you and your gift are helping to deliver hot, nutritious meals and outreach and support services to seniors in the communities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Community Giving Cards are readily available at Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services. Please ask us about them.

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S E T A B E R BACK! AR E

‘Light up the season’ By Colleen Flanagan s t a f f re p o r te r

he Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association will be hosting a contest open to all members who decorate their storefront windows for the holiday season. The BIA is encouraging stores to be imaginative with paint, lights, seasonal stock and signs. Three winners will receive a $50 gift certificate to the downtown store of their choice. Window display judging will take place Dec. 5 to 9, and prizes will be awarded midDecember. Let the DMRBIA know which downtown windows you like best by e-mailing them at inekeb@downtownmapleridge.ca.

Christmas market The third annual Downtown Maple Ridge BIA Christmas market will coincide with the annual Santa Claus parade and Christmas in the Park on Dec. 3. From 4 p.m. until 8 p.m., 20 to 25 vendors will be showcasing their goods in the covered area behind Jim’s Pizza. For anyone wanting to be a vendor in the Christmas Market, the cost is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Contact the BIA for more information at 604-467-2420. The BIA is also encouraging all downtown businesses to participate in the ‘Light up the Town’ event by turning off their window display lights from 5:55 to 6 p.m. on Dec. 3, in the lead up before Santa magically lights up the new Peace Tree at the entrance to Memorial Peace Park and the colourful parade starts. There are many different ways for downtown businesses to participate in the Christ-

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The BIA Christmas market takes place at Memorial Peace Park on Dec. 3, the same day as the Christmas festival and parade. mas Festival on Dec. 3, even if they don’t want to be a part of the Christmas Market. The BIA suggests extending store hours, serving hot chocolate or hot tea or cider, handing out festive treats like candy canes or even doggie treats with your business card attached, playing Christmas music from your store or organizing a children’s activity.

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Santa hiding at ranch North Pole recreated in Maple Ridge By Colleen Flanagan s t a f f re p o r te r

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visit to Santa at the North Pole has never been closer to home. On Nov. 26, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be moving to their rustic secret village at Timberline Ranch in Maple Ridge, at the north end of 224th Street, and will welcome visitors to their abode until Christmas Eve. Bringing tradition back into Christmas, rustic cottages at the ranch are decorated to create a unique North Pole scene. The cottages and the Great Elvern Hall will make up the heart of B.C.’s North Pole. A world of elves and Christmas magic await children during a two-hour tour culminating with a private visit with Santa Claus. An elf will guide families to each interactive scene, where they will learn how to be elves at the Elvern School of Secret Skills, help the elves make teddy bears, visit Mrs. Claus for story time in her kitchen, mail

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Gingerbread bakery North Pole from p20 At the Gingerbread Bakery, each child will get to decorate a gingerbread man, to eat there or save for later. You can also visit the SymFunny Hall, an Elvern music room where children will learn to sing like the Elves. They can also visit The Toy Inventor’s Lab with Professors Hazel Nut and Wal Nut and Gift Wrap Chaos. This year group sizes have been reduced to 20 people for a more intimate experience, with more frequent tours. There will also be plenty of scenes that families can wander freely around until it’s time to see Santa. There will be a choice between ﬁve different teddy bears to make at the toy workshop this year. The bears are optional and range in price from $7.95 to $35.95 to $79.50. and can be purchased online or on site at the North Pole General Store. Also new this year is a “Gift From Santa” option that can be purchased from the online store or can be brought with you when you visit. If purchased from the online store, the elves will wrap and label your gift and

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You can make a teddy bear in the North Pole’s toy workshop. Santa will present it to your child when you visit with him. If you bring a gift with you, the gift must already be wrapped and labelled and for $5 Santa will present the

To book your visit, go to www. northpolebc.com. • From Nov. 26 to Dec. 9, the price of admission is $19.50 per person plus HST. • From Dec. 10 to Dec. 16, the price is $21.50 per person plus HST. • From Dec. 17 to Dec. 20, the price is $22.50 per person plus HST. • From Dec. 21 to Dec. 24, the price

gift to your child during the visit. In addition, the North Pole promises an evening ﬁlled with even more light shows, elf dwellings and decorations than last year.

is $24.50 per person plus HST. Children less that two-years-old are free. North Pole B.C. will also accept bookings for private group parties. Upon payment you will receive your booking, a PayPal confirmation, an invitation and secret map with directions to North Pole B.C.

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Salvation Army Kettle campaign underway Bell ringers are eight local locations

Sally Ann This year the Salvation Army Caring Place will provide: • More than 100,000 meals for the hungry 3,900 meals during our Saturday night street ministry; • 10,000 shelter nights for the homeless 15 transitional housing beds; • 30 Cold Wet Weather mats each night from November 1– March 31; • one community crisis response unit responding to emergencies; • Christmas food and toys for 50 families; • back-to-school supplies for 120 students in our community; • more than 30,000 nutritious bag lunches to school age kids; • an opportunity of a lifetime by sending more than 70 at-risk children and teens to Camp Access to a transition home to help stabilize the trauma faced by homeless families.

By Colleen Flanagan s t a f f re p o r te r

he Salvation Army Caring Place’s annual Christmas kettle campaign kicked off Friday, marking the start of the holiday season. The Sally Ann’s Christmas kettle campaign is as synonymous as its Red Shield logo; when one thinks of Christmas, one thinks of the Salvation Army, the bell ringers, and their kettles. The kettles are at eight locations in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows: Real Canadian Superstore; Safeway; Save-On-Foods at 203rd Street; Zellers; Valley Fair B.C. Liquor Store; Cooper Foods; Cineplex Odeon Meadowtown Cinemas; Canadian Tire; Fox’s Reach Liquor Store; Maple Ridge Liquor Store; Save-On-Foods at 227th Street; and ValleyFair Mall, east entrance. All funds raised through the kettle campaign go directly to the Caring Place meal program, which provides 9,000 meals a month to the most needy in our community. In addition, the Caring Place also provides over 100 bagged lunches each day for children of low-income families at various schools in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Join The Caring Place at a “Ket-

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Join The Caring Place at a “Kettle Season Celebration” on Saturday, Nov. 27 at Zeller’s in Maple Ridge from 10 a.m. to noon, when the Ridge Meadows Flames jr. B hockey team and Salvation Army volunteers will be ringing in the season. tle Season Celebration” on Saturday, Nov. 27 at Zeller’s in Maple Ridge from 10 a.m. to noon, where the Ridge Meadows Flames team and Salvation Army volunteers will be ringing in the season with hot chocolate and entertainment for all ages. This Christmas, also consider giving the gift of your time. To

volunteer for the Christmas kettle campaign, call Amy McNutt at 604-463-8296, ext. 104 or email bellringer@caringplace.ca. Volunteer shifts are ﬂexible and can ﬁt any schedule.

Caring Place: The Salvation Army Caring

Place is a multi-function facility focused on providing the essential needs of food, shelter and support to the residents of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. The Salvation Army is an international Christian organization that began its work in Canada in 1882 and has grown to become the largest non-governmental direct

provider of social services in the country. The Salvation Army gives hope and support to vulnerable people today and everyday in 400 communities across Canada and more than 120 countries around the world. The Salvation Army offers practical assistance for children and families, often tending to the basic necessities of life, providing shelter for homeless people and rehabilitation for people who have lost control of their lives to an addiction.

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Red Nose gearing up By Colleen Flanagan s t a f f re p o r te r

he 16th annual Operation Red Nose campaign is gearing up for another busy holiday season. With the goal of making the roads and highways safer for everyone, Operation Red Nose volunteers give rides home to people out partying and celebrating who may feel unďŹ t to drive but want to get their vehicles home as well. Although the service is free, donations are accepted and 100 per cent of the money will go to PaciďŹ cSport Fraser Valley to help local high performance, podium sport athletes in the form of travel and performance grants and various other support services. This year the service will be in operation between 9 p.m. until 3 a.m. on Nov. 25 and 26, and Dec. 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, and 31. Last year, volunteers in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows gave 353 rides to partygoers, nearly double that of 2008, when the Maple RidgePitt Meadows campaign began. Bruce Livingstone, community liaison for Operation Red Nose Ridge-Mead-

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Operation Red Nose expects to get a 1,000 calls for free rides home this year, so more volunteers are needed. ows, thinks that changes to drinking and driving laws may be the primary reason for the jump in rides, but he would also like to think that the program is simply more established. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are more in tuned to what they are going to do and how they are getting home before they go out,â&#x20AC;? says Livingstone. This year it is expected Operation Red Nose RidgeMeadows will surpass the 1,000 rides mark and overtake last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total. Operation Red Nose is always looking for volunteers. Anyone wishing to do so can visit either the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment on Edge Street or the community police station in

Pitt Meadows along Harris Road to pick up an application form. All applicants are required to get a criminal record check, which takes time, says Livingstone, so the earlier you decide to volunteer the better. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of fun,â&#x20AC;? Livingstone said of volunteering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a great way to meet people and to give back to the community.â&#x20AC;? Livingstone is also looking to build up an inventory of old Telus cell phones, since Telus provides the volunteers free air time. Anyone wishing to donate a phone can drop them off at the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, 22328 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 119th Avenue, Maple Ridge. This year will be the largest Operation Red Nose campaign to date, with services available in 111 host communities in eight provinces across Canada. â&#x20AC;˘ To volunteer contact volunteer director Dena Sorley at 604-834-4554.

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