Annual Winter Holiday Sale brings the Kerrisdale community together for the first time in a year

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“They are peaking, pointing and looking. They are very excited. This is something very important in our school.”

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Shawn conner

Trisha Picker and several other volunteers set up tables of items to be sold for the Empty Stocking Fund during the Kerrisdale Holiday Sale at Kerrisdale Elementary School in Vancouver on Friday, December 10, 2021.
Trisha Picker and several other volunteers set up tables of items to be sold for the Empty Stocking Fund during the Kerrisdale Holiday Sale at Kerrisdale Elementary School in Vancouver on Friday, December 10, 2021. Photo by Jason Payne. /PNG

It has been a couple of years since Kerrisdale Elementary School held its annual seasonal sale. But the winter break sales returned on December 10.

As part of COVID-19 safety precautions, the sale was scheduled to take place outdoors.

“Everyone expects this,” said Trisha Picker, speaking to The Province the day before the sale. “This is the first thing the school has done in the last year. This is the first time the community has come together again. “

The sale is a way for the kids to do some Christmas shopping. Everything is on sale for two dollars, and the older students, “Big Buddies”, accompany the younger ones.

“It can be overwhelming,” said Picker, who has two children at the school, one in grade 7 and one in grade 4. “It helps the little ones focus a bit.”

The items on sale are mostly second-hand and donated by parents.

“We collect toys, games, puzzles, art supplies, science kits.”

There will be thousands of items for sale, he says, “We have two rooms full of things. Everybody has things to get rid of, always. “

The event was previously known as Santa Sale, but organizers changed the name to Winter Holiday Sale to be more inclusive.

Proceeds will go to the province’s Empty Stock Fund. The fund, administered in partnership with the Lower Continent Christmas Office, is now in its 103rd year and contributes to food banks and community groups throughout the Lower Continent. The campaign continues until December 31.

Funds can be donated at theprovince.com/esf, by mail at The Province Empty Stocking Fund, 1870 Pandora St., Vancouver, BC, V5L 1M5, and by calling 604-253-6911.

Significant funds are also raised through numerous corporate fundraising activities. Corporate partners include Vancouver Canucks, Absolute Spa Group, and Kuyer & Associates.

Enthusiasm for the sale grew in the run-up to the big day.

“We have children who come in the mornings out of the rooms where all the items are stored,” he said. “They are pointing and pointing and looking. They are so excited. This is very important in our school. “

Reference-theprovince.com

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