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!
I could use some cheer. It’s been a tough month.
We could really use some decorations, all we have is garland around the door frame.
We have some new neighbours who just moved in and don’t have any Christmas decorations this year – they could use this for some holiday cheer!
My sister and her son could use these decorations.
We could use this prize very much. We do yard displays and lots of lights for everyone to see. We do this for the spirit of Christmas and in memory of my father Ron Abbass who for years did it for all the kids in town. We have lots and lots of cars by in December every night to see the lights and displays. We try to add new items every year but this would help so much as the cost of hydro is a lot.
I would love these for our house. Our house has not had working lights for many years and do not compare to the neighbours beautifully decorated yards and house. My kids are saddened by our blah house
I really don’t know a family in need of these decorations, unless of course I can count my family. Aside from our Christmas Tree & Handmade Ornaments (made by my super talented Aunt Carol (who’s since passed away, so they mean even more to me now) we don’t have any other decorations..
We don’t have tons of decoations so it would be great to add to them
A friend of mine who lost her husband in the spring and takes in foster kids.Her Foster kids would love to decorate with these :) Happy Holidays
I was so touched by your post. Merry Christmas!