Approximately 100 area residents of all ages gathered at the Martensville Sports Centre on Saturday, December 6th to take part in the annual Play & Skate with Santa event, co-hosted by the City of Martensville and the Martensville & District Kinette Club.
The event took place from 1:00pm-3:00pm and offered a variety of fun activities, including sleigh rides, skating with Santa, pictures with Santa, and fun holiday-themed games and treats. In total, over $1000 was raised through sponsors, and donations for photos with Santa, and all proceeds will go towards supporting TeleMiracle.
The Martensville & District Kinette Club invited the Martensville Food Pantry, and the Martensville Fire Department to the event to present them with cheques for $250 each to help support the Christmas hampers that the groups will be providing to the community this year.
“Thank you to everyone who came out this weekend. We look forward to this event every year, because seeing how excited the kids are to spend time with Santa is truly special. Thank you to everyone who helped make it possible, and especially to Santa for making the trip all the way from the North Pole,” said Jamie McCulloch, City of Martensville Recreation Program Coordinator.
“Thank you to our sponsors North Prairie Developments and CANWEST, along with a big thank you to the Kinettes for all their hard work getting Santa to Martensville,” McCulloch added.
“We would like to extend a huge thank you to our sponsors Freeway Delivery Service, Ebani deBussac with The Mortgage Group, Off Road Exteriors, Affinity Credit Union Martensville and thank you to our prize sponsor Save-on Foods Warman and to everyone who came out and donated to make this a great event,” Bernice Symak of the Martensville & District Kinette Club, stated.
