The community, in spite of the ongoing pandemic, is trying to experience some sense of normal this Christmas. For those of you still balking at the province-wide mask mandate, be kind. It shouldn’t be up to our hard-working business people to police this, and without their commitment to this community since March, where would we be?
The Winterlites parade hits the streets Dec. 3.Thank you to the more than 25 entries that made the effort to light up lives with this event. We are hoping all seniors can see the parade as it passes by seniors’ centre locations.
Dec. 4 is the deadline to “Fill the Truck” at Unity Motor Products as part of the Unity Kin Club’s campaign to benefit both the local food bank and the Secret Santa campaign.
You can also drop off food bank donations at Delta Co-op, AG Foods, Unity Community Resource Centre or Red Apple. You can make monetary donations for either charity at Bricin Financial.
You can still get your name on the large community Christmas greeting board hosted by the Unity Health Care Auxiliary. Contact the UCRC or Bea Stephenson to contribute as this project helps fund the auxiliary.
The community cares Christmas mail campaign has begun and seniors’ centres are already reporting that mail is arriving. Addresses were provided for all seniors’ centres in Unity through the Unity Where What Why When community Facebook page, as well as a drop off location for residents at Heritage Manor. Parkview Place and Long Term Care have created exterior drop boxes as well. This is a simple, low maintenance, inexpensive gesture that can have huge benefits for the recipients. Thank you Unity people for continuing to show we care about our seniors.
The community “gift a tree” program was so well received it exceeded expectations of organizer Kayla Meredith. The goal was for 50 tree kits to be picked up at Realty Executives and finished tree creations would be picked up, quarantined and then delivered to Long Term Care and Parkview Place.
Audra Nelson has also orchestrated the “adopt-a-grandparent” gift campaign again this year as she has done the past several years.
Dec. 5, The Unity and District Chamber of Commerce along with North West Terminal and Altex Energy are proceeding with the annual Santa Day at Second Avenue Cinema, although it may be dependent on further government restrictions. Plans so far are that a maximum 48 seats per show are being booked with four different show times at 9 a.m., noon, 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. This allows proper cleaning between groups. You must reserve seating prior to coming at https://form.jotform.com/203166494331251. There will be no photos with Santa but he will stop by each showing to hand out free holiday treat bags to the kids.
Visiting restrictions are back in place at seniors’ centres. Please be respectful of their rules as with so many senior homes in the province experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks, we don’t want our seniors to be in this position. And, where and when you can, be sure to perform a random act of kindness for health-care workers and those working in senior centres.
Here’s hoping this finds you all safe, healthy and socially distanced. Until next week ...
