Christmas begins at home every year in Revelstoke as local people work to make this blessed season one marked by generosity.
Here are photos that demonstrate the reality of that attitude:
Ken Jones, chairman of the Bygone Era Entertainment Society, hands Patti Larson, director of the Community Connections Food Bank, a cheque for $310 that the society raised from its Grand Victorian Christmas Magic Lantern Show last week. David F. Rooney photoStudent Council co-Prime Ministers Hannah Vickers and Catherine Gingras of Arrow Heights Elementary School sit in front of the AHE Express food train. They joined Principal Todd Hicks in saying thank you to AHE community families who donated food and cash for the Community Connections Food Bank. Over $295 in cash was donated as well as a trainload of food. Photo courtesy of Todd HicksRONA/Glacier Building Supplies helped out big time with this “big-ass cheque” for $1,500 gathered during its annual Contractors’ Night Party, held this year last Thursday, December 11. Here, the monster cheque is held by Bobby McClelland (left), Tasha Charmont, Patti Larson and Steve Smith. Way to go, RONA. David F. Rooney photoThe Revelstoke Arts Council made a huge contribution to the Community Connections Food Bank with a cheque for $1,375, held here by the Arts Council’s Garry Pendergast, Food Bank Coordinator Patti Larson (center) and Miriam Manley. The Council raised the money through its sold-out concert on Saturday, December 13. David F. Rooney photoThursday was Contractors’ Night at RONA. Builders came down to the store in the Industrial Park to socialize, donate cash, and bid on a secret silent auction item worth up to $1,200. RONA’s annual Christmas tree sale also netted plenty of things for the Community Connections’ Food Bank and Christmas Hamper Program as you can see by the packed shopping carts. The generosity and community spirit of the contractors and RONA will be further demonstrated when the food, cash and other items are presented to the Food Bank. David F. Rooney photoChristmas is one of those special times of the year when Revelstokians’ innate generosity rises to the surface. Here, Chris Bostock of Edward Jones hands Community Connections Food Bank Coordinator Patti Larson a cheque for $750. David F. Rooney photoShell Canada staff members Kaetlyn McDonald (left) Sue Scott and Georgina Bellow (right) present Patti with a cheque for $1,000. Their generosity clearly demonstrates that altruism is alive and well in Revelstoke. David F. Rooney photoAn enthusiastic Cathy Burke and Daniel Kellie of the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club surprised Patti with a generous $3,000 cash donation plus boxes of groceries for the Food Bank’s Christmas Hamper program on Friday, December 5. David F. Rooney photoChristmas Hamper Depot volunteers Gladys Dyer (left), Joan Thatcher, Ben Blair and Lisa Donovan (righgt) pose with Patti Larson and Carol Sakamoto on Friday when Carol brought in naskets containing 150 mittens, scarves, slippers and hats knitted by local volunteers with Carol’s annual home-grown Mittens for Kids campaign. This is a tremendous example of the efforts made by local people to support their less fortunate friends and neighbours. David F. Rooney photo
