• Looking for fun activities for your children during Christmas break?
School’s out, and the Frank Jameson Community Centre has you covered. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 27 and Monday, Dec. 30, the Frank Jameson Community Centre offers supervised games, sports, swimming, movies, arts and crafts. It costs $30 per child per day and $10 for each additional child in the same family per day. For more information, call 250-245-6424.
• Once you’ve finished celebrating and you’re ready to take down your Christmas tree, the Ladysmith Fire/Rescue can help.
For the sixth year, the Ladysmith Fire/Rescue Historical Society will be offering Christmas tree chipping Saturday, Jan. 4 and Sunday, Jan. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. behind the Ladysmith Fire Hall (340 Sixth Ave.) on Malone Road.
Donations will be gratefully accepted toward the restoration of the fire hall’s antique 1942 International parade truck.
The firefighters will also be driving through the community on both days, so if you would like your tree picked up, leave it on the curb in front of your residence, and the members will be happy to pick it up and confirm with you that it is gone. You can also call 250-245-6436 and leave your name and address to confirm pick up.
Fire trucks will be set up and ready for your children’s enjoyment on Jan. 4 and 5, and child car seat inspections will be offered.
• Vancouver Island-based Angels Under Our Wings (AUOW) cocker spaniel rescue is urgently seeking foster and adoptive homes in the Cowichan Valley.
This small, non-profit is dedicated to rescuing cocker spaniels locally, as well as focussing on high-kill shelters in L.A., where there is a greater need, according to a press release.
“Over the last few weeks, we have seen a decline in both adoption and fostering applications, as well as dip in donations,” says AUOW founder Lisa Atterby. “This couldn’t come at a worse time. We are at full capacity with 20 dogs available for adoption, and soon high-kill shelters in the States will be inundated with dogs after Christmas, some of which will be ‘returned’ Christmas gifts. We won’t be able to help them without your assistance.”
Several AUOW adopters, volunteers and rescue dogs already live in the Cowichan Valley, and the rescue is hoping to find more homes for these dogs, all of which are spayed or neutered.
Cocker spaniels are not recommended for families with young children, as they are particularly sensitive dogs that are not very tolerant of the sometimes unintentional, overzealous displays of affection from children, such as having their ears pulled, being laid on, or being hugged too tightly.
To support AUOW, click here or e-mail Lisa3@telus.net.
