As November winds down, December is ready to wind up with a full slate of activity set to take place.
This Friday, Nov. 27 the Montreal Canadiens alumni team is set to arrive in Unity to take on the Unity Lazers alumni team in the event that been planned for months. There are still some tickets available, so show the committee you appreciate their hard work and come out and not only watch a terrific game featuring former NHLer鈥檚 but you will be supporting the fundraising imitative set to benefit the Unity Food Bank, the Unity Community Resource Centre, Unity Minor Hockey as well as a portion of the proceeds earmarked for the Wilkie arena recovery fund.
Thursday, Dec. 3 will be the annual downtown 鈥淲inter Wonderland鈥� event in Unity followed Dec. 5 with the annual Santa Day activity for kids, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The Secret Santa campaign has kicked off.聽 Santa Day free movie event, sponsored by the Chamber, is being held Dec. 5. The Christmas Service of Remembrance to honour loved ones lost will be held Dec. 6. UCHS offers their winter productions of their drama club Dec. 8 and 9.
Two great promotions in town encourage folks to shop locally. The Delta Co-op is hosting their 鈥�12 Days of Christmas鈥� campaign where shoppers can enter to win prizes being drawn starting Dec. 1 with 12 prizes drawn Dec. 1st, counting down to 11 prizes the next day and every week day until Dec. 16. The Chamber of Commerce is once again, encouraging folks to shop locally with their 鈥淏undle of Bucks鈥� promotion where one lucky winner will earn $1,000 in Chamber dollars to be spent at any Unity business.
Don鈥檛 just look for contests to shop locally. There are many other benefits that include ample free parking; friendly, personal service, rarely long lineups, cashiers anxious and happy to serve you, your local businesses are putting dollars back into our community with donations and sponsorships and Unity has a great variety of stores to shop at.
Unity Public School staff and students know that it is only three weeks and a bit until Christmas break. There is plenty of things on the 鈥渢o-do鈥� list in that time frame that include churning along with the learning process. As well, practices for Christmas concert will be on the forefront as the concerts are set for Dec. 9 and 10.
St. Peter鈥檚 school choir and band will be working extra diligently in the days ahead preparing for many performances leading up to Christmas.
UCHS is humming right along in their school year.聽 Senior volleyball teams have competed at provincials and although it was not the results that were hoped for, it is a huge accomplishment to qualify for a provincial berth and UCHS is very proud of these teams. The Drama Club is presenting three plays Dec. 8 and 9 at UCHS.聽 The dress rehearsal will be Dec. 6. Local guests will serenade the audience before the show begins.
League curling still keeps the rink very busy during the week. Don鈥檛 forget, if you need a break from the food and couch after Christmas, the UCC is taking registrations for the annual Boxing Day Spiel. For details on these or other events upcoming at the Unity Curling club, contact the club by phone at 306-228-2212 or log on to their Facebook page for the latest updates.
Coffee row folks聽 are reviewing what has taken place as well as anticipating events still to come. So, you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next time 鈥�
