Welcome to The Revelstoke Current’s traditional Christmas Wishes page. Started in 2009, this page serves as a way to thank special people and mark important seasonal events. If you would like to extend your thanks and appreciation to an individual, a family, group or the community in general please send it to The Current and we’ll post it for you on the Christmas Wishes page. The Community Connections Food Bank benefitted hugely from RONA’s annual Christmas Tree Sale and Vic Van Isle’s Christmas on December 19. RONA donated the $387.76 it took in from the tree sale while the Annual Contractors’ Night Silent Auction raised $1,395 and several generous individuals made donations totaling $311.35. VVI added $80.89 tyo make the total donation to the Food Bank a whopping $3,000. Food Bank Manager Patti Larson attended the VVI Christmas Party and posed for a photo with VVI partner Lew Hendrickson (centre) and employee Chris Caslake who split the party’s 50/50 Draw with Patti. That was more than $700. Photo courtesy of Vic Van isle
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The CPE Me-to-We students have once again accomplished the wonderful Giving Tree. In case you aren’t familiar with this magical tree, every year the community here at CPE dedicates their time to providing presents and joy to children that may not receive any this year. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think we were Santa Claus himself. Caption by Haley Callaghan and Zoe Larson
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Big-hearted lady sledders made this Christmas a memorable one for the Hospice Society when they raised $2,730 for it during the first-ever La Niña Charity Ride organized by Snowmobile Society President Nadine Overwater (right), when on the right handing the cheque to Hospice President Robyn Abear (centre) and Heather Rose . Photo courtesy of the Revelstoke Snowmobile Society
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Student members of the Begbie View Elementary school’s Me To We team pose with all of their boxed up donations for the Community Connections Food Bank. All told they boxed and delivered 486 pounds of food — that’s 220 kilos — and a cash donation of $128. Photo courtesy of Eleanor Wilson
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The folks at Hub International have a lot going on these days. They’ve moved from their old office on First Street East to new spaces beside the Visitor Information Centre on Victoria Road at Campbell Avenue. And they’re also acting as a drop-off point for the Community Connections Food Bank this Christmas so you can kill two birds with one stone by dropping off donations of food, personal grooming products or children’s toys when you swing by to renew your insurance. In the meantime they wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. David F. Rooney photo Carol Sakamoto and Edith Rudyk pose with Food Bank Manager Patti Larson and baskets filled with the 170 slippers, mitts and hats Edith knitted for Carol’s annual Mitts for Kids Program. Edith is a prodigious and expert knitter who has been using the big needles to create woollens since she was six years old. The Mitts for Kids Program is Carol’s own personal project. Every year she sets up donation jars at local businesses and solicits donations from the public. Her annual goal is $900 which finances Edith’s efforts to produce hand-knitted wearables for boys and girls up to age 19 . This kind of home-grown program clearly shows that compassion is alive and well in Revelstoke. David F. Rooney photo
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Sterling Land of RBC Wealth Management smiles as he presents Community Connections Food Bank Manager Patti Larson with a cheque for $1,000 from the RBC Foundation on Thursday, December 17. David F. Rooney photo
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Members of the Revelstoke Awareness and Outreach Program (RAOP) met for a Christmas Party on Wednesday, December 16, and set us this picture. The group wishes all of their friends and neighbours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Photo courtesy of Peter Waters
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The nice ladies at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, posing here with the only remaining angel on the branch’s traditional Angel Tree, wish everyone in Revelstoke — customers and non-customers alike — a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. David F. Rooney photo
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Local photographer Roland Lamarre and his dog Goldie wish all their friends in — and out of — Revelstoke a very Merry Christmas or Joyeux Noel! He also invites everyone to visit his Revelstoke Images Facebook page. Please click on the link below to visit the page and see some of the images of our town that Roland loves. Photo courtesy of Roland Lamarre
Paul and Cathy Suraci pose beside the elaborate Nativity Creche Paul has built in the carport of their home at 400 Townley. The couple finds joy in this simple acknowledgement of Christ’s birth. Everyone is welcome to drop by to see the display. David F. Rooney photo
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Patti Larson (center), coordinator of the Community Connections Food Bank and its Christmas Hamper Program, poses with a couple of volunteers and Revelstoke Mountain Resort representative Liz Craig (right) when Liz came downtown Monday morning to deliver 600 lbs. of food and $1,100 in cash donations gathered during the resort’s first-ever Locals’ Day, held on Sunday, December 6. “We’d really like to thank everyone who took part,” Liz said in an e-mail to The Current. David F. Rooney photo
