A20 - North Shore News - Wednesday, December 16, 2015
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Red Nose ready for action MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
FA-LA-LA-LA-LA Members of the Afterglow Quartet entertain visitors to Lynn Valley Village Plaza Dec. 13 during a Village Christmas, a family friendly event that featured Christmas carolling, face painting, and a storytime at the library. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
Let Rudolph guide your sleigh or sedan if you’ve overindulged in the rum and eggnog this holiday season. Operation Red Nose is a by-donation, designated-driver service that offers the convenience of delivering Christmas party revellers home safely in their own vehicle. The Canada-wide Operation Red Nose program is provided on the North Shore by the local Rotary clubs, whose members, along with 200 volunteers, donate their time over the five weekends in November and December that Red Nose is operational. The safe-ride-home service is valuable because North Shore residents might be hard-pressed to find a cab late at night during the busy holiday season. “It’s the time of year that folks tend to party more both with their families and their work colleagues,” says Jim Godey, co-ordinator of Operation Red Nose North Shore, now in its 15th year. Patrons of the program are asked to call for a ride about an hour before they want to be picked up, while noting wait times vary, especially later in the evening when the service gets busy. There is one caveat to the convenience of having your car brought home: Operation Red Nose North Shore volunteers will only cross one bridge. “We will pick up (from) and deliver to downtown Vancouver and we have an arrangement with the Burnaby Operation Red Nose to transfer folks who want to go further east,” explains Godey.
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