4 • Truck Convoy 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013 - VICTORIA
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TRUCK LIGHT CONVOY www.ieoa.ca
AND FOOD DRIVE
Convoy helps fill food bank coffers
PRE-CONVOY FOOD DONATION LOCATIONS
Drop Off Between: Nov. 25th – Dec. 8th ACCENT INNS
• 1701 Island Highway • Millstream Shopping Centre, 101-2401G Jacklin Rd. • Vancity Mall, Unit D - 3075 Douglas St.
BLUE RIDGE INNS 3110 Douglas St.
JIM PATTISON VOLVO OF VICTORIA
TRAIL APPLIANCES
2735 Douglas St
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Police departments from Oak Bay, Victoria, Saanich and West Shore RCMP will join forces to escort the convoy and ensure the safety of onlookers and truckers alike. “We really do appreciate the help given to us by our local police forces,” says event organizer, IEOA Manager Laura Brewer. “We couldn’t hold the convoy without them.” Aside from a couple of older-model “collector” trucks, many of the units are working trucks. “When you see the incredible amount of work that these guys put into decorating their trucks, it’s really awesome,” Brewer adds. But the convoy is more than a dazzling display of pretty lights. It serves up a reminder of what Christmas really means. “As the convoy gives to the community, so should the community give to each other, especially the less fortunate,” Brewer says. “Last year, we collected over 6,500 lbs. of food for the Mustard Seed and Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund,” Brewer says. Non-perishable food items can be dropped in collection bins at Ogden Point, Western Speedway and at various points along the convoy route. Convoy details can be found at www.ieoa.ca
POST-CONVOY FUN! Everyone is invited to gather at Western Speedway for the conclusion of the event. Admission to the Speedway is by cash or non-perishable food donation. Coffee, hot dogs and hot chocolate are available by donation. Donations at Western Speedway support the Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund Society.
THANK YOU!
On behalf of the Island Equipment Owners Association thank you to our sponsors, community partners, volunteers and participants for remembering and supporting the following food banks: Sidney Lions Food Bank, Mustard Seed Food Bank, Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund. • • • •
103.1 JACK FM Nixon Bros. Contracting Ltd. Nixon Bros. Truck Repairs Oak Bay Business Improvement Association • P & R Western Star Freightliner Trucks • PM Industries
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Sysco The Zone @ 91.3 Thrifty Foods Western Speedway Wilson & Proctor
Island Asphalt Company
Proud member of IEOA and supporter of their initiatives Victoria
250.652.9211
A proud IEOA participant & supporter of the parade.
Supporting the efforts of the IEDA & Community food drives.
COAST INDUSTRIAL PARTS 562 Dupplin Road Victoria Jack Atkinson
250-475-3202
For safety reasons, access to this parking lot is restricted to parade participants only.
*Please note, you have to be 19 years of age to enter through the doors, so children cannot drop off food
850 Langford Parkway
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5:45 pm Trucks leave Ogden Point
1708 Island Highway
RONA HOME & GARDEN
100.3 The Q Accent Inns All Fun All-Ways Towing Alpine Group Black Press City of Victoria Complete School of Truck Transportation CTV Vancouver Island EDP Automotive Greater Victoria Harbour Authority Inland Kenworth/Parker Pacific
Schedule:
VIEW ROYAL CASINO
• 10115E McDonald Park Rd., Sidney • 2994 Jacklin Rd., Langford
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Have a Blast
• 845 Goldstream Ave. • 739 McCallum Rd. • 1820 Island Highway • 840-2945 Jacklin Rd. • 2890 Westshore Parkway
RICHLOCK RENTALS
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AND FOOD DRIVE
TIM HORTONS
• 2420 Millstream Rd. • 2882 Douglas St. • 2681 Sooke Rd. • 2107 Keating X Rd.
FOR SERVICE CALL
Tel: 250-383-6961 Fax: 250-380-3093 859 Viewfield Road Victoria BC
www.ieoa.ca
TRUCK LIGHT CONVOY
2360 Millstream Road
KAL TIRE
t any other time of the year, having an endless convoy of trucks roll by your front door might inspire a call to your local town hall. But on Saturday, Dec. 7, you can hang up the phone and be entertained as the annual Island Equipment Owners Association Truck Light Convoy winds its way through the streets of the Capital Region. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the convoy — an event that has become a traditional kick-off to the Christmas season — and the 15th consecutive year that organizers have accepted food donations to the Mustard Seed Food Bank and West Shore Christmas Hamper Fund. The Sidney Lions Food Bank also benefits from this event. Over 80 gravel trucks, flat beds and the like, normally seen on the road and construction sites, will bedecked out in their season’s best with garland, twinkling lights and costumed riders to help usher in the festive season. The convoy will leave Ogden Point at 5:45 p.m. and follow a 35-kilometre route down Dallas Road to Oak Bay. Returning to downtown via Oak Bay Avenue and Yates Street the trucks will head out Douglas Street to the Trans Canada Highway and on to Western Speedway, where they are expected around 8:45 p.m. and will remain on display throughout the evening. Equipment owners from all throughout the Capital Region will be participating.
Saturday, December 7th
SERIOUS COFFEE
3233 Maple St.
SANTA
ARRIVES AT WESTERN SPEEDWAY BY DECORATED TRUCK
80
TRucks & heavy duty vehicles travelling 35km by police escort
WARM UP
6:30 pm Arrives at Oak Bay Village 7:00 pm Arrives at Yates & Douglas 7:30 pm Arrives at Helmcken and Trans Canada overpass 8:00 pm Arrives at Goldstream and Veterans Memorial Parkway 8:30 pm Arrives at Western Speedway * Times are approximate
to the IEOA Truck Light Convoy and Food Drive
Ogden Point, South Entrance beside the Breakwater Bistro Saturday, Dec. 7th between 12 noon and 6 pm • Help fill a Victoria Harbour Ferry with non-perishable food donations • Check out the Christmas lights on the Ships • Feast from Victoria’s finest Food Trucks • WARM UP with a chocolate by donation • Watch for Santa’s special arrival at approximately 3:30 pm!
TRUCKS ARE NOT ABLE TO PICK UP FOOD WHILE IN MOTION ALONG THE ROUTE For information on food collection locations, a route map, please see next page.
• Join him in his workshop afterwards for a chance to tell him what you want for Christmas this year • At 5:45 pm Santa will then head out with the convoy on route to Western Speedway
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