Community

By Mayor Nicole Minions

A steady stream of volunteers inside the Florence Filberg Centre spent Christmas morning packing hot turkey dinners in beautifully-designed bags (courtesy Mark R. Isfeld School art students), then loading them into vehicles where volunteer drivers distributed them throughout the Comox Valley.

Black Press Media staffers put together a line of questioning for the North Pole鈥檚 most famous couple.

Dripside Customs and Comox Valley Dodge co-hosted a 鈥淐hristmas On Us鈥� event, where they gave away a new car to one lucky entrant. People were asked to submit the name of someone they felt needed a new vehicle, and a random draw was made among all the entries. The winner was Nikita Saunders.

The Comox Valley Dodge Toy Drive generated Christmas gifts for more than 120 children this year.

Everybody Deserves a Smile (EDAS) winds up 19th year

Huber Bannister Chevrolet held its second annual Christmas car giveaway on Dec. 23

For the past 50 years, Santa鈥檚 Workshop has been helping parents in the Comox Valley find gifts for their children, from newborns to 15 years of age.

鈥楥ow鈥� left footprints, not hoof prints, in Island city after ringing doorbell earlier this month

Sharing the Christmas Spirit volunteers have been busily filling hampers this week at the old BC Assessment building at Idiens and Lerwick in Courtenay.