WOW, Fantastic, Fabulous, Over the Top

How many ways can you say WOW, Fantastic, Fabulous, Over the Top?????

How about just one way……..SAVE ON FOODS Seton

Thank you, thank you, Carl, Allan, Jeremy and all your hard working staff for welcoming 18 Wheels of Christmas with huge fanfare. You immediately loaded the trailer with 8 full boxes of food donations. We had brought 16 food collection boxes and by 10:30 14 were full!!!!! The day continued on with we are sure each and every one of your customers donating to this campaign.

 

We were kept warm not only by the hot chocolate you so graciously had for us and your customers but by the warm smiles of your staff serving. Sam you have a smile that can light up a cloudy day.

Then we were surprised when a 3 piece band started playing Christmas music in your lobby and around the store for your customers. Carl you sure know how to throw a party!!!!

The day flew by so fast before we knew it, it was 5PM and time to wrap up. As we were getting ready to leave Allan came out and told us the tree of baby food was ours. We left save on foods Seton with smiles on our faces knowing because of you and your community we would be taking more than a full 53’ trailer to the Food Bank on December 19^th.

We cannot thank you and your staff enough Carl as well a huge thank you to Tony and Doug from Panorama and Walden save on foods.

Thank you to our volunteers Dale, Stephanie, Karen, Beth, Colleen. We can’t forget Ken a huge help helping to set up and a bigger help unloading. Santa and Skippy you are the best and last but not least a big thank you to Nathan for helping out and taking the trailer back to the terminal.

Stay tuned for our wrap up.

Even Puppies love Santa !

December 7^th

 

Another cold day and yet the 18 Wheels of Christmas team crawled out of their warm beds to be on time at the save on foods Panorama!!! Motor Rosenau parked the truck and the 18 Wheels trailer in front of the store before the doors opened. Janet, Kent, and Chris helped set everything up and were ready to greet the first customers. Once again when Santa appeared along with Skippy then the action started. Candy canes were handed out pictures taken with Santa and even Molly the puppy had her picture taken with Santa.  Dale ,Colleen and Ken relieved the morning team and kept Santa and skippy company until it was time to close the trailer doors and head back to the stable.  

The morning started off with a donation of 4 and 1 / 2 skids of water. (good thing the trailer is heated) and it was all easy peasy from there until the end of the day at 4PM. A steady stream of customers went through the doors and it would not be a hard stretch to say everyone was gracious and generous. Tony Klyne, the store manager, made sure we had hot beverages and sandwiches to keep our strength up. Tony checked on us to make sure we were ok and all was going well. It is a good thing there is a bit of a lobby before entering the store as it was bitter cold for most of the day.

We left Panorama with 14 skids of food and water 6 of these boxes filled with baby food. Unbelievable. Thank you to Al May for picking the truck and trailer up as Motor had to go to work on a hot shot.

December 14^th will be our last stop before we head down to the food bank on the 19^th.