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s COMMuUuNITY * e > § e 2 s l e & S b » k ; Warkworth Legion spreads cheer at Sunnybroo E}‘ ~ z 3 § T.J. LEBLANC could communicate a little more and have _ comes natural to go that route," Ms. Nelson _ again next year as the experience is irreplaceâ€" % tleblanc@nothumberlandnews.com a visit. They were very emotional and very _ said. "Diane Frederick and I organize it and _ able. * § R appreciative." we do the shopping and prepare the parcels." "I guess it‘s something that you have to realâ€" £ WARKWORTH â€" Remembrance Day has. _ This year some of the residents of Sunnyâ€" With the third year of the project underher _ ly experience yourself to understand how ; come and gone and now the Christmas seaâ€" â€" brook even noticed they had something in _ belt, Ms. Nelson says she hopes to do this . really rewardingitis, she said. son. has brought with it a reminder of the . common with theirvisitors. p o e mmnmrâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"wâ€" i good deeds done through the Legion poppy "There were a couple of legion members | _ R fund: who had served in the military and there was As in years past, the Warkworth Legion set ~ one patient who noticed medals on one of » Out on a mission to bring Christmas cheer to _ the members and of course they had a conâ€" veterans at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto _ versation," Ms. Nelson said. 8 bypresenting them gifts and good tidings. Initiated in the midâ€"90s, the visit to Sunnyâ€" a On Dec,. 10, nine legion members and two brook remains an integral part of the Christâ€" students from East Northumberland Secondâ€" _ mas season at the Warkworth Legion. § ary School made their way to Toronto to visit _ "(Today) it remains basically the same proâ€" 29 veterans, ranging in age from their early _ gram as originated. The collection of a few § 80s to their late 90s, to present them with a _ gifts for the veterans taken to the hospital § holiday gift. Each recipient was given a parcel _ for distribution. by members of Warkworth containing toiletries, a box of Kleenex, toothâ€" _ Legion, and presented by the members to the > m â€" brushes, toothpaste, body wash and body. . veterans," said Service Bureau Officer, Roger cream. Brummell, who has been involved in the traâ€" Â¥ _ "We bought large print puzzles and a pen _ dition since its inception. and Bloomers Chocolate Factory donated a _ In 2006, approximately 10 years after it * ‘box of meltaways for each bag," said Trudy â€" started, the tradition came to an end. Mr. 4 Nelson, Membership Chair at the Warkworth _ Brummell says an illness, in addition to alack Legion for almost five years. ofinterest, resulted in the veteran visits being * _ According to Ms. Nelson, the veterans were. _ put on hold. A couple of years later the flame j 8 thrilled to see the group and, in some cases, _ was reignited and Warkworth Legion memâ€" were quite emotional..." bers once again set out to bring Christmas & 54 don’tkn he veterans knew we were _ greetings to the agingveterans. _ coming or not, but they were elated to see us," _ "That‘s what the legion is all about. The ® ‘she said, "The last two years we had a ward _ originality of the legion was to do with vets. where most of the patients had dementia. _ The money that was raised from the poppy ~ ‘This year I had requested a ward where we campaign was to be used for vets, so it just isCOMMUNITY : t o . Colborne woman decks the halls % T.J. LEBLANC LC xEB mjpoa", > yz 3. A ~PauPrEbil ) § .. "%. i n t $ A e i o â€" \ uP en, but wi he great grandiacs E teblane@northumberlandhews com $ * _ _ 3 l around so small you make it happy. = Li uses E. 3 C 5s \||| _ O |â€" It‘s just different," she said. ; ;:110(:];)%252‘ Em snéjvt.flleifiigytol;:oreinu s s & sn ' afill?“ i"“’:J-‘ A w c e _ The memories .are everywhere. deer with Santa in tow. This is what s : Ni s wX P 4 20â€" s N\ \~/UEWE | _ Decorations. brought home . in ; a M _ s e y % ol & _ _ ‘WEREZ* | mittened hands by children and you see when you walk into Norma E: 5â€" * .A t t i'i *CB\ $# : 44 M 1 Y, n hk â€" Crockett‘s house in Colbomne. * > &3 ; ..* .. é" $ \“ es *at '; â€" + grandchildren, painte thgunf-_n:;i Almost every surface is decked _ [fi 2 >° â€" Py Wnete _ «adl V Lt [ CAlsl Je and glued together wreaths o _ out forthe holidays. Poinsettia table _ oi ; ; hA * shapes and sizes. 9 cloths, tinsel and garland draped ¢ ” i o __ Some are new a1'1d some are old, across ceilings, paper Santa and his € ds 427 7 | _ but outlof‘the thousands of decoraâ€" reindeer dance acrom hewalls x P o. tions within those walls, Ms. Crock There are even Christmas candy % FA ett says she has two favourites. _ jars filled with red and green canâ€" 5 oz ragq s wagi s $00 “Myoldestdecor?narll, mydal}gh’- dies on the dining room table. If all mm o. D S Mess n 4 ter Wendy says ‘Christmas isn t of this is not enough, walk into Ms. f T.J. LEBLANC / THE INDEepENDeNt _ until this one comes "“‘l'_i“su‘;l‘; elrt Crockett‘s living room to know she _ COLBORNEâ€"Norma Crockett has more Christmas decorations than Santa could shake a stick at and _ 40 years ‘;(lid'lfhe sfizlsfas ual tak%sr Christmas stuff pretty seriâ€" she fillsher horm_? with them each and every year. : fioTI;Iet{l::lv;fcz:;re a I-Jlastic c ancle m'l'? a.lways decorated, but not as _ foundation so you have to have _ and hundreds of houses and figuâ€" wgnde_rful for Ms. Crockett. _ mmaplast;lic gtae e“g“::(i“;fi'}:f much as I do here. It just keeps â€" them in bins" she said, explainâ€" _ rines fill more than half of her dinâ€" It will be eight years April... my side has fa :t OT its i ane growing," Ms. Crockett said ing her meticulous packaging that _ ing room. An entire Christmas vilâ€" _ husbandwas in Toronto that Christ _ son red al.n orest efize"ofcmisz- "I start the day after Halloween. _ includes the use of two old inopâ€" _ lage has been (élarefilllnlly arrangec} otn mas... hih ne;r;fh mzfxc]l)e it ho;ne.al;llg l[_fi:;zg ;gs t‘ll'fif amemory to take me maybe a week, _ erable freezers. "I put the musical _ two homemade tables, complete . went in the of December . oner dnc gultlsrfgw it takes me three weeks to gnes in the freezer go they don‘t get _ with a %ng Santa Claus swooping };e pass{eld away April ZI:]dfajI;lTul;aigi pil::; l;?; f:;;):ll::xen ;i ;lll tl.f1 : Zl:;fiiy ts amp." through the town. 3 ypass heart surgery an A yoome 0. Careâ€" 3 ?13: gglsmpfise it takes her so long _ Ms. Crockett‘s main floor is filled _ "(My husband) used to say, ‘you _ couldn‘t take it. That was the hardâ€" lff}f gffifiifih,fifii"%fifiéi square, to decorate considering the fact . to capacity with decorations of all _ don‘t need anymore; and then he est Christmas," she. remembers they iece of Christmas wrap has that she is 75 and lugs more than _ shapes and sizes. White Christ . would come back from the stor'e tea}‘fiflly. f % beer? decorated with nbbon and a 30 storage bins from her basement .. mas teddy bears line the back of â€" with more pieces," Ms. Crcckeltts ¢ Smc‘e then Christmas has bf;%f‘lfe fls poomiaslong Grandma not to each year. her couch and spill out onto the _ remembers fondly. "I love C’l’mst- little different for the mother 0 dmz; open that very special gift, because "There‘s aboutthirty bins andtwo _ floor ornaments hang in doorways, _ mas, Lhavesince Iwas a child. g(‘a_l'}dma to 10 and greatâ€"gran ficioeiocemeits freezers. 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