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ALL SMILES and cuddles for fhe camera
are the charitable children of Magical

by Valorie Lennox
The Review

Preschoolers wore their PJs to
Magical Moments Pre-school two
days last week — and gave their
clothes away.

The pajama days Wednesday
and Thursday co-incided with the
parents’ donations of used but still
usable children’s clothes for the
Peninsula Community Associa-
tion.

The clothing donation followed
a collection and donation of
canned goods to the food bank at
Christmas.

Preschool owner Dana Crow
said she was “absolutely thrilled”
with the response of parents and
children to the clothing donation.

Equally thrilled were the parents
who received the clothes from the
community association.

PCA office manager Donna
Godwin said one mother
described receiving the box of
clothes as another Christmas.

PGA volunteer coordinator Mar-

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY, muses !1-year-old
Amy Jones of Saanichton. Local residents
who think the past week has brought more
rain than usual are right: befween Jan. 1

jorie Denroche said the organiza-
tion receives very few children’s
clothes. ““We have one rack of
clothes and that covers the whole
spectrum of children. Our baby
clothes are very scarce.”

Yet the association often works

Moments Pre-school. In all, 40 students of
the play schoo! brought clothes for needy
children, last week.

association are either sold at low
prices in the Third Street thrift
shop or are given to families in
need.

Thrift shop sales support local
support programs for individuals
and families, Denroche noted.

‘We have one rack of clothes and
that covers the whole spectrum of
children. Our baby clothes are
very scarce’

with young families or single par-
ents who need ‘recycled’ clothing
for children. Denroche suggests
many people swap children’s
clothes between family and
friends.

In addition, she suspects few
people think of the community
association when they have
clothes available.

“J think people don’t know
we’re here,” she said. The chil-
dren’s clothes received by the

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