Sparwood has a big heart!

 

 

The Crowsnest Pass is a community in decline, between the layoffs at the mines and the Devon plant closing, hundreds of people are now without work. This is hard enough when there is no one else involved but life becomes more difficult when the family includes children, especially young children, and when it is Christmas time. These out of work parents all want to give their children the happiest Christmas possible, which includes having toys under the tree Christmas morning. Knowing how difficult this simple wish can be for some parents to fulfill K&K Forwarding, Rosenau Transport as part of the 18 Wheels of Christmas 2012 campaign teamed up with the Women’s Resource Center and the Stones Throw cafe in order to collect toys for the children whose parents cannot afford them.

On November 27 the ‘Support our Troops’ trailer was parked across the street of Stones Throw Cafe in Blairmore. Together Steve Galbraith (Sparwood Operations Manger), his fiancé, and drivers Steve and Kalvin (with two of his sons) gathered donations of toys and books along with the odd donation of food for the food bank. The toy drive was scheduled from 10am to 2pm, but as more people were arriving and asking if they could come back with toys the drive went until 3pm. All of the toys were high quality and everyone brought more than one toy, one lady brought an entire trunk full of toys. Even those people who did not bring a toy gave money so more toys could be bought. It was heart warming to see the people donate nearly $2400 worth of toys and $315 in cash. Thank you to the volunteers and to all those who donated this Christmas will be a merry one for the children of the Crowsnest Pass.  Hopefully next year we can put smiles on the faces of even more children.