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Boys & Girls Club host successful Holiday Market




s CHOOL by Shaylyn Thornton DePee. 200-300 people, the Club was thrilled with the
With a guest count of somewhere between
The Club's first Holiday Market certainly
On November 23, members of the community
seemed to hit the mark, with DePee saying she
support from the community, with DePee
Times were invited to attend the first ever Holiday was, “astounded with how well we did at this calling it “honestly heartwarming.”
Market held by the Edson & District Boys &
Alongside DePee and support from the Club's
fundraiser.” A large part of this was thanks to
Girls Club.
the many businesses and individuals around
Board of Directors, staff members Andrea
There were great vendors with a ton of holiday Edson who donated silent auction items to the
gift ideas, an awesome variety of donated silent Club. Sherman, Tara Burdock, and Sarah Wells
worked tirelessly to make the event possible.
auction items, a bouncy house that could be Though fundraising was definitely a large part At the end of the day, everyone at the Club was
used by kids for a small donation to the Club, of the 'why' behind the Holiday Market, the thrilled with both the fundraising and the
and more to be enjoyed at the event. staff at the Club also saw it as an opportunity to community support.
Program Director Shelby DePee said that the meet people in the community they serve. “We “I am so pleased to announce that we have a
group has been working hard at raising money wanted to bring in people from the community substantial amount going back into our
for programming at the Club as they are to meet our staff, see our place, and for them to children's programming and it is because of all
continuously striving to offer more to the have a chance to reach out to us for anything,” of the wonderful people involved,” said DePee.
community. “We want to ensure that the needs
s CHOOL of the children are being met, and we want to said DePee. “We are here to help out, and we “It is you who make this community as great as
really want to see relationships grow and our
it is.”
make sure it's a place the kids enjoy to be,” said community benefit.”
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Guests checked out all of the amazing donated silent auction items at the Boys
& Girls Club Holiday Market on November 23. photo Shaylyn Thornton
changed KID’S CORNER


KID’S CORNER




Ava Beneke is a first-grade student
at Vanier Community Catholic
School. She loves to draw pictures
of dogs and her favorite subject in
school is math because she likes to
work hard. Her favorite part about
the holidays is spending time with
her family.

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