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Sooke
Santa Sacks are an annual project of the Sooke District Lions
Club, started in 2004-2005 to bring Christmas gifts to families
in need. Fundraising for this project is done through our
annual Oktoberfest. Club members shop for each family according
to age and needs, as requested by CASA. Santas Anonymous also
contribute toys for our Santa Sacks. Lioness Jean W makes
a Christmas card for each Santa Sack, each one numbered to
correspond with the lists at CASA and Ayre Manor to maintain
the privacy of the recipients. In 2008 and 2009, we also gave
Santa Sacks and small gifts to residents at the Complex Care
Ward at Ayre Manor. Leftover clothing items such as the lovely
sweaters made by a resident at Rose Manor as well as extra
toques and scarves were given to CASA and to Sooke Transition
House to have on hand for emergency needs. We have continued
this tradition in 2010.
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2010
 Dec.
7th - from the chaos of rooms full of stuffies and toys
and knitted sweaters, toques, mitts, etc.---
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The
toys are provided by donations and by Santas Anonymous.
The money we raise through our various fundraisers buys
books and other Christmas articles that we use to fill our
Santa Sacks and the treat bags.
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Sooke
District Lioness with 27 Santa Sacks to be delivered to
CASA. The sacks were made from leftover quilting material
by some of the quilters.
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Santa
sacks with their homemade Christmas cards (made by Lioness
Jean W) ready for delivery. Still to be finished were the
sacks of books and gifts for the children at Port Renfrew.
Lionesses Jean W and Jean C made those up at home. To see
photos of the happy children at Port Renfrew Elementary,
click
here.
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Lioness
Gail on right delivering the Santa Sacks to volunteer Shelley
at the Sooke Family Resource Society at CASA.
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Lioness
Ellen M with the treat bags and gifts for the Complex Care
Area at Ayre Manor.
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Jean,
one of our "crafty" friends from Rose Manor who
made so many of the clothes and dolls we will be using for
our Santa Sacks this year. The doll won first prize at the
Sooke Fall Fair.
 
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Some
of the variety of dolls and teddy bears for the Santa Sacks
made by the ladies at Rose Manor.
Pictures
below are just some of the beautiful outfits and sweaters
and toques and bibs and dresses they have made for us over
this past year.
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Lioness
President Gail N delivering the Santa Sacks to volunteer Shelly
at CASA Dec. 16th, 2009.
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2009
Lionesses
Sue W and Heather N delivering the decorated mugs filled
with Christmas goodies and some Santa Sacks for the residents
at Ayre Manor Dec. 19th, 2009.
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Sunday
Dec. 13th at Lioness Gail's - filling the Santa Sacks for
CASA. Lionesses Jean W and Jean C had already done the Sacks
for Port Renfrew School and the ones for Ayre Manor would
be done by Lionesses Sue W and Anne S.
Lionesses
Barb Y, Jean W and Jean C filling Santa Sacks with toys supplied
by Santas Anonymous.
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Lionesses
Ellen M and Sue W choosing from the handmade clothes (again
from residents of Rose Manor) and miscellaneous personal
care products and toys.
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Handmade
sweaters and scarves and toques donated by ladies from Rose
Manor in Victoria.
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Sooke
District Lionesses Sue W, Jean W, Heather N, Ellen M, Jean
C (back row), Gail N and Barb Y (front row) with all of
the Santa Sacks ready for delivery.
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