{"id":25358,"date":"2019-12-05T18:11:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T23:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=25358"},"modified":"2019-12-05T18:11:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T23:11:52","slug":"cardinal-carter-team-aims-to-make-christmas-brighter-for-local-family-of-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/cardinal-carter-team-aims-to-make-christmas-brighter-for-local-family-of-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Carter team aims to make Christmas brighter for local family-of-three"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re looking to get a few unique gifts for that\nspecial someone on your Christmas list while helping a family in need\nexperience the joy of the holidays, come out to Cardinal Carter Catholic High\nSchool this Friday for a special Christmas Market Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set to take place at the Bloomington Road school on\nDecember 6 from 3 \u2013 8.30 p.m., more than 80 vendors are expected to participate\nin the Fair, with all proceeds going towards buying holiday gifts and seasonal\nnecessities for a Newmarket mother and her two young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann Brand, a Cardinal Carter teacher and co-organizer of\nthe Christmas Market Fair, says she and the team \u2013 including several students \u2013\nare looking for a way to \u201cpay it forward.\u201d Having experienced like kindness as\na youngster, it is a cause Ms. Brand says is very close to her heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have been wanting to pay the kindness that was shown\nto me when I was younger forward for a long time and this was a great\nopportunity,\u201d she says. \u201cLast year was the first year I was in charge and we\nraised the money but I didn\u2019t know of a family who really needed the help. So,\nI reached out to the (York Regional Police) constable who looks after our\nschool [to see if she knew anyone and she] reached out to the elementary school\nconstables. Between them, they found a young Newmarket mom of four boys and we\ndelivered it the week before Christmas. She was emotional, grateful and it was\nworth all the work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have no doubt that this year\u2019s Market Fair will all\nbe worth it again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThe YRP gave us a\nfamily this year of a single mom of two kids \u2013 a 10-year-old girl and a\n12-year-old boy,\u201d says Ms. Brand. \u201cThe 10-year-old is in Sick Kids right now,\nand has been for a while, with a serious health condition. The mom is unable to\nwork because their child [is in hospital] and we\u2019re going to do what we can to\ntake care of some of the family\u2019s needs \u2013 anything from toiletries to gifts for\nChristmas, just to take that stress off mum so she can get through the\nholidays, and we want to show her that her community is here for her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year\u2019s Fair raised approximately $1,100 and the team\nhopes to top $2,000 this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is important for me to not just carry it forward with\nthe kids, but get them to carry it forward when they are older as well to see\nwhat it does for people,\u201d says Ms. Brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a philosophy shared with student Shon Zax, who is\nhelping with the Market Fair for the second year running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I first came here, I had no clue what this was,\njust a chance to help out and volunteer,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen Ms. Brand explained\nthe whole cause I thought it was so important and felt it was really necessary\nto help out. I want to help more than one family. For someone who might be an\nimmigrant or might be experiencing poverty and not being able to experience a\nreally fun Christmas, all the wishes you put on the Christmas list, it is\nreally hard as a parent because you want to give your kid everything he or she wants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of opportunities to help the team on the\nway to their goal. In addition to the vendors themselves, who pay an entry fee\nto participate, they have also donated products that have been turned into a\nvariety of gift baskets set to be raffled, each of which is valued in the\nneighbourhood of $100. A silent auction will offer a wide variety of products,\nservices and experiences while fun activities include virtual reality\ndemonstrations, a kids area featuring face painting and colouring, all free of\ncharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have something for everyone,\u201d says Ms. Brand. \u201cNo matter what your age, bring your loved ones, bring your friends, and have a fun night shopping and finding everything you need for Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir <\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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