Santa Under The
Bridge 2016 was a success.
On December 1, 2016 Nancy, Steve and myself
delivered to Among Friends Social Club and Feeding Others of
Dartmouth.
On Friday,
December 2 we had the busiest day of all. Nancy and I dropped off
items at BMO for the Mi'kmaw Friendship Center.
Nancy and I met Betsy
up in Dartmouth North to do deliveries for Freedom Foundation,
Stewart Place, and Amethyst Apartments.
Then, in the afternoon, we
hooked up with Micheline Menard (one of our knitters) and did
deliveries to Margeurite Centre and Herring Cove Apartments.
On Saturday,
December 3, Nancy Irvine drove us over to Alcare Place. We had
intended to do more places that day but most of them were closed.
On Monday,
December 5, Cyndi helped us make deliveries to Direction 180, Laing
House, and Aerobics First.
On Tuesday,
December 6 we took the day off.
On Wednesday
December 7, Donna, her husband, Nancy, and myself spread some holiday
cheer to Souls Harbour Rescue Mission, Brunswick Street Mission, and
Stepping Stone.
We also brought Stepping Stone a check for $93 from
the sale of jellyfish.
Later that day,
Nancy and I brought a set of donations to n organization in downtown Dartmouth. I
had intended to touch base with them first and I did not, so it
created some confusion and they just decided to decline the
donations. We gave them to Feeding Others of Dartmouth to whom we had
also made a delivery on the previous Thursday. While we were there,
we got talking with a lady from the FOOD program and she recommended a
place called SHYM (Supportive Housing For Young Mothers).
On Sunday,
December 11, we made a delivery to SHYM of 9 gift bags, some of the
Disney books and we brought them a jellyfish for their tree.
The only place
remaining was CLUB 24 on Dundas Street, which we usually do close to
Xmas Eve. On December 22 we gave them 12 gift packs and some children's books.
I was informed
by email that one of our knitters is now living in
Lunenburg. She did not think she would be here in time for the
deliveries so she gave the scarves she had knitted to Souls Harbour in Bridgewater,
explaining that they were part of Last House on the Block Society.
They agreed to use some of them and pass the remainder along to Souls
Harbour in Halifax. That was about 30 scarves so together with the
270 we had, it brought our total this year to 300 scarves.
