Merry Christmas

It has been a while since I have had a chance to put anything on here so I will try to add several posts to catch up on what has been going on with the fire department. First off and the top story has to be the incredible support that we have received in collecting donations for the Sooke Christmas Bureau. Volunteers from the fire department, District of Sooke employees, RCMP, EHS, ESS (spouses and kids too) and Mayor and some council members all spent 2 or more hours on their feet in front of the grocery stores, drug store or at the fire hall doing the drive through program. Firefighters and helpers then spent several hours decorating the fire trucks for the Annual Santa Run taking Santa all over the community collecting food donations. I am very pleased to announce that through all this effort a total of $11,000.00 in cash and at least another $10,000.00+ in food and toys was collected. (could be worth considerably more, but is hard to estimate) The trailers holding the food are loaded to the limit and there is still more on the floor that would not fit. How awesome is that?