Successful jacket drive returns after 2 year absence
After a two-year hiatus, the Gord Slater Annual Jacket Drive & Kid’s Mini Carnival returns to North Battleford this weekend.
The family friendly event will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the gym of the Connaught Elementary School in North Battleford.
Event organizer Gord Slater told battlefordsNOW that the idea came to him one evening six years ago when he and a group of musicians performed at a jam session in a local bar.
“I got the idea and put that we were collecting jackets for kids on the posters around town,” Slater said. “At the end of the night we had roughly 400 jackets on a pool table which we donated to the local food bank.”