ESTEVAN — The Estevan Kinettes Club wrapped up another PJ Project, which turned out to be more successful than ever before.
With help from the community, the club collected hundreds of pyjamas for over 400 kids on the Estevan Community Hamper Association's Angel Tree program's list. Pyjamas were available for pick up along with gifts for children on Dec. 12 and 13.
"Thank you so much to everyone who donated PJs this year," said Chelsey Istace, who co-chairs the project along with Kristol Nagy, in her post on The PJ Project Facebook page after the collection was completed. "With your help, we collected over 800 pairs.
"Because of your generosity, every child on the Estevan Community Hamper and Angel Tree list will receive two pairs this year.
"I feel like it's awesome. I feel like it's just a little extra warmth over Christmas," she added in a video.
"So, I just want to say thank you so much for helping us. We really, really appreciate it."
The main drop-off location was set up at Jenny Joans. Pyjamas could also be dropped off with the project co-chairs and club members, and many groups, businesses and organizations ran different events and fundraisers in support of the project.
"I want to say thank you to everyone who helped us collect all these pyjamas. There are so many
pyjamas that were available for pickup along with gifts for children at the Angel Tree Toy Store last week."
The students and staff of Spruce Ridge School 346 pairs of pyjamas this year, making a big contribution towards the total.
