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Help Needed For Community Events In Brant County

Saturday, 1 December 2018 10:14

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Local heroes are working extra hard to come together to make this Christmas special for everyone, but they need some extra help.

BRANT COUNTY - This holiday season the real super heroes are looking for Brant County's help to make this holiday extra special.

The Paramedics, Firefighters and OPP of Brant County will be holding events around the area like the following:

- Brant County Paramedics are going to be celebrating the second year of their sharing Christmas with seniors. The event will hopefully get the Christmas spirit rolling for local seniors, who may not have many visitors. This year the Paramedics are looking for help from the community to buy gifts for and spending time with 50 seniors on December, 19th.

- Brant County's Fire Fighters, Paramedics, and OPP will be collecting non-perishable food items along with unwrapped toys for local Christmas Hamper programs in the following places:

   - December, 1 between 9:00 a.m and 2:00 p.m at The Windmill in Mount Pleasant.
   - From 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m on December, 8, 9, 15 and 16 at Sobey's and No Frills in Paris, along with Food Town in Burford.
   - Fill An Ambulance Toy Drive needs some extra generosity on Saturday December, 1 from 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m at Giant Tiger (82 King George St, Brantford)
   - Brant County's Paramedics are collecting any and all warm winter clothes for in partnership with Freedom House for the community. Collection is until the end of 2018.

For full details and more information on how you can be involved in any of these community Christmas projects, please visit: www.brant.ca/InYourCommunity.

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