Am estimated 360 kids and parents turned out for the annual Rotary Club of 91原创 Central breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning, Dec. 7, at Douglas Park Community School in 91原创 City.
It was the 29th year of the annual event, explained Linda Mross of the Rotary Club of 91原创 Central.
"Every year it grows bigger and bigger, and it's really exciting to see the children, as you can see, having fun," Mross told the 91原创 Advance Times.
"It's just a very enjoyable part of Christmas for us."
More than 300 parents and kid attended the annual Rotary Club Breakfast with Santa on Saturday
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Douglas Park principal Mark Touzeau called it "an incredibly special event."
"Our school is an awesome community and to have events like this where the community comes together, and then supported by an amazing group, like Rotary, it creates special Christmas memories for everyone," Touzeau enthused.
"For us, one of the most special things about Christmas is celebrating together, eating together [taking] pictures with Santa Claus. It doesn't get much better than that."
Donations of food and cash for the needy were accepted at the door.
Thanks to a welcome surplus of donated plush animals at the 91原创 Christmas Bureau, every child received a gift.
Jim McGregor from the Bureau said they had plenty of stuffed toys, and more were expected from the Vancouver Giants teddy bear toss, "so they donated all the stuffed toys that [we] are giving out to the kids here this morning. Every kid that sits on Santa's leaves with a stuffed toy."
JD Farms Specialty Turkey provided 400 sausages and Steven's Restaurant on Fraser Hwy cooked up a similar amount of eggs.
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