Plan to take the plunge in PoMo New Year’s Day
Care to start the new year with a refreshing dip in the ocean? The Pleasantside Community Association hosts its annual Penguin Plunge at Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park on Jan. 1. You can dress up in a silly costume — or, if you dare, don a bathing suit — for the chilly swim. Registration begins at noon, with the event starting at 1 p.m. at the boat ramp next to the pier. Admission is $5, cash only.
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Take Tri-City Xmas lights tour THE HOMELESS
Homeless over the holidays Shelter had to turn away 7 on one cold night DiAne StrAnDberg The Tri-CiTy News
The holiday spirit was expected to be in abundance on Christmas Day at St. Andrew’s United Church in Port Moody, where up to 30 people were to enjoy a turkey dinner and a hot breakfast after spending the night on a mat on the basement floor. Served up by volunteers and clients of the
Hope for Freedom Society (HFFS), some of whom may have been homeless themselves in the past, the meal was full of traditional delights, including turkey, ham and scalloped potatoes, and there was also music as well as gifts from thoughtful donors. “It’s a hard time of year for a lot of people and I think our clients are no exception,” said Andrea Corrigan, an HFFS volunteer and food coordinator, “but they seem to be in good spirits and are happy to have somewhere to go.” see HOt tUrKEY, page A7
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Port Moody photographer Jon Lavoie caught this pair — Santa Claus and Rudolph? — on Murray Street before Christmas, perhaps taking a more Earth-bound approach to delivering presents.
HEALTH & HOLIDAYS
Ring in New Year by donating blood DiAne StrAnDberg
The Birakowski family’s Xmas display has a special meaning this year: read story, page A8
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Thinking of making a New Year’s resolution that will make a difference to someone else? Donating blood might just earn you
karma points for 2015. This holiday season, Canadian Blood Services is inviting all Canadians to take part in its Wrap it up Red holiday campaign, and with the next Coquitlam blood clinic taking place
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on Jan. 1, this can be part of an New Year’s resolution to help others. “It’s the most important gift readers can give this year — it is the gift of life,” said David Patterson, director of donor relations for
British Columbia and the Yukon. New Year’s Day is a holiday for many, and giving blood is not the first thought for some celebrants, but Patterson said the clinic that day shows
how important it is to give blood because “every minute of every day someone in Canada needs blood, the need doesn’t go away on holidays.”
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