Yesterday I took a stroll down to the Salvation Army where I found 250 students all lined up. They were lined up from the front door of the Army all the way up the hill into the gym of St. Pats High School. They made a human chain in order to deliver the 25 hamper the school had gathered and put together. The hampers I then distibuted to local families in need over the holidays.
I have put together this video which show a little more of what was going on, as well as some photos.
Another season of Craft Shows is now over, at least I think, and we are now in the home stretch for Christmas. Only 26 days to go, so I have you are getting your shopping done. The days are getting shorter and will continue to until December 21, so there is something else you can look forward to. Some would say so far this winter we have been blessed with nice weather, and maybe we have, depending on which way you look at it.
As there were 3 craft shows going on on Saturday, Abe Miller, Baker Centre, and at St Pats High School, I didn’t get a chance to go to them all. Although I think it would have been neat to go to the St. Pat’s one, which was put on my the Yk Guild of Arts and Craft. I did manage to go over to the Aven Manor/ Baker Centre one, where there was lots going on. Along with the craft sale, they had a silent auction going on at the Aven Manor with tons of items from all over Yellowknife. They also had the annual Senior Society raffle draw, which was a big event in itself, with the 1st prize being a diamond from Rio Tinto valued at $5000.
Below you will find some photos I happen to grab throughout the afternoon.
Hope everyone had a fun filled holiday seasonish weekend.
Another Challenge Cup between the two local High Schools, Sir John Franklin and St. Patrick High School, is over. This years Challenge was a St Pat’s victory all around. I will give you a run down of how the afternoon went. The girls teams face off first for 2 periods starting at 1pm and then afterwords the guys go head to head for a rough and tumble game.
This year it seems that St. Pat’s teams were both on their “A” game, winning both of them. The girls team took a 3 goal lead and kept it, winning the game 4-1. As for the guys team, once they got a 3 goal lead, well they just kept going. The final scored ended up being 7-1.
Being a graduated Falcon it is hard to see Blue and Yellow take a hit like this but I know that both teams did their best and definite entertained the crowd. Congratulations to both teams, and hat tip as well to St. Pats for the victories.
I did not have a camera as it was a spur of the moment decision. If you have any photos please link to them in the comments.
