The CPKC Holiday Train arrived in Moose Jaw just before 8 p.m. on Dec. 18, wrapping up the Good Buy to Hunger food drive on behalf of the Moose Jaw & District Food Bank, and treating a crowd of thousands to the train's brilliantly decorated spectacle.
Rod Montgomery, chief of the Moose Jaw Fire Department, delivered greetings on behalf of the City of Moose Jaw, welcoming the crowd and thanking CPKC for bringing their Holiday Train to the #NotoriousCity.
Terri Smith, operations manager at the food bank, joined Gabrielle Belanger, local CPKC supervisor and long-time organizer of the event, and Tim Wonsiak, grocery manager at the Moose Jaw Co-op, on the stage of the Holiday Train to announce that over $18,000 had been raised by the Good Buy to Hunger food drive.
Belanger and Wonsiak presented Smith with a cheque for $10,000, in addition to the food contributions.
Attendees at the event were asked to bring a non-perishable food donation. The donations filled at least one pick-up truck, according to the Food Bank's Deann Little.
Following the announcement was the 30-minute Holiday Train concert by performers MacKenzie Porter and Dallas Smith. Porter and Smith sang some Christmas classics mixed with their own hit songs.
