Santa Under The Bridge 2015 is underway. So far, Last House on the Block Society elves have delivered gifts of our scarves to 7 organizations. Micmac Native Friendship Center, Freedom Foundation of NS, Margeurite Center, Herring Cove Apartments (part of Shelter NS), Laing House, Alcare Place, and Stepping Stone. There are 10 organizations left to deliver to, and we will be doing those over the next 2 weeks.
The Santa Under The Bridge Project was created in 2013 by the Board of Directors of Last House on the Block Society and is carried out by volunteers of Last House on the Block Society. Sometimes people who are not part of our organization assist us with the deliveries and of course we try to credit those individuals whenever possible.
In 2013, one of our founding directors - Nancy Schultz - came up with the idea of knitting scarves for residents of transition houses and giving them as Christmas gifts. The first year, we had about 40 scarves. In 2014, that number was 190, and now in 2015, we have over 200 scarves.
We do a lot of promoting on social media, posting photos, etc. There is one site that has a habit if reminding people of what they posted a year ago and so this past week we have been seeing memories from our project last year. It warms our hearts to remember what we did and why we did it. We look forward to making more memories this year
We would also like to acknowledge the support we received from the Abenaki Aquatic Club, the Dartmouth Community Health Board, and Doctors NS.
Hoping everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
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