Christmas is the season of giving, but it’s also the season of giving back and this year Canadian Tire has embraced that spirit in a very special way: by bringing holiday cheer to children that aren’t able to spend the season enjoying festive activities with friends and family. The company recently decorated nine children’s hospitals around the country to help add holiday joy to the lives of sick children everywhere and the results were spectacular.
From Newfoundland to British Columbia, children will be waking up to a winter wonderland instead of a dreary hospital environment this Christmas thanks to this fabulous program. I was so excited to see that the Pediatrics Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon was included on the list of hospitals undergoing a holiday transformation. I can just imagine how much joy the festive display will bring to the hospitalized children in our province!
Of course, hospitals do have rules and regulations to follow, so Canadian Tire worked closely with each hospital to create a customized display including lights, ornaments, inflatable Santa displays and Christmas trees. And to top it all off, the company even handed out gifts to all the patients! Canadian Tire put together a video about the experience and it had tears in my eyes almost instantly!
To spread even more holiday cheer, I have a very special giveaway for you as well! One lucky Mommy Kat and Kids reader is going to win a Holiday Decorating Prize Pack containing two inflatable Santa decorations and twelve strings of lights, a $500 value, so that you can spread your own holiday cheer around your neighbourhood, maybe even by sharing with others! To enter to win, just leave a blog comment about a family you know that would appreciate having these decorations to add some extra cheer to their holiday season.
I can’t imagine how hard it must be to spend Christmas sick in the hospital, especially for a child. But Canadian Tire has proven that Christmas magic can happen anywhere! In total, the company donated more than 10,000 feet of lights, thousands of ornaments, dozens of inflatable Santas and indoor/outdoor décor items in addition to more than 2,000 gifts for patients. That’s a lot of Christmas cheer! And the smiles on the faces of all those children are proof to me that nobody knows holiday spirit like Canadian Tire!
Our neighbours would love these!
Could definitely use some Christmas cheer this year! Things just haven’t been going in the right direction lately and I know this could lift my family’s spirit
There are so many that could use these decorations. We have many families we sponsor at work, that would benefit.
We dont have any decorations so this would be nice.
My brother would love these decorations!
My neighbour and her two little boys would enjoy them…her husband is always working away
what a great prize, would certainly put a smile on my kids face to win this!
I would love to decorate our yard. We didn’t have the budget for it this year & the kids would love it!
We don’t have any outdoor decorations, but if I won, I’d give them to friends their son, Liam Cuttle. He is a 4 year old who is in the fight of his life. Diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma Cancer in August, he just completed his 6th round of chemotherapy this week. He will be home for the holidays, so these decorations could brighten his Christmas.
My son’s bus assistant really puts a lot of effort into decorating her home for the holidays, & she does such great work all through the year with the kids, I would give this to her.