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04/11/2025

It's that time of year again - the 15th annual Toys Toiletries & Toques holiday fundraiser! You can drop off your NEW non-food items like toys, toiletries and toques! ( and other warm clothing) between now and November 26th.
Check out the website for more details
https://toystoiletriestoques.ca/

It's the 15th Annual Toys Toiletries & Toques 🎅🎄

Help those in the Cowichan Valley have a merrier Christmas and Holiday Season by donating NEW Non Food Items such as toys for all ages, coats, family games, mittens, deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes etc.

All donations stay within the community for families, seniors, and individuals. 🥰

This years designated drop off locations for TTT are...

✨ Royal Canadian Legion Br 134
✨ The Third Addition Gifts & Toys
✨ The Red Balloon Toyshop
✨ Plentifill Refillery & Sustainable Living Store
✨ Cowichan Regional Visitor Centre
✨ Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce
✨ The Old Farm Market
✨ Gibby's Cafe and Catering
✨ Original Udder Guys Ice Cream and Candy
✨ 89.7 Sun FM

Don't have time to shop? Let the Elves at TTT do it for you, simply go to their website and make a cash donation. Tax receipts provided. www.toystoiletriestoques.ca

Your donations are distributed through the Cowichan Valley Basket Society to the local food banks here in the Cowichan Valley including Mill Bay, Chemainus, Lake Cowichan, and Duncan. Visit them online at cvbs.ca

Donations also benefit Warmland Shelter and the CMHA Cowichan Youth Centre, as well as Cowichan Women Against Violence Society.

🎁Donations accepted at drop off locations until noon on November 26th

27/11/2024

What a fantastic month November has been for the team of Elves at Toys Toiletries & Toques

With the amazing help from our Drop Off Centres, the generous supporters and the finest team of volunteers (we call ourselves Elves), we have donations - both merchandise and donations up to the sky!

Just a reminder that the Drop Off Centres are still happy to receive donations right up till noon on Thursday November 28th. (The Royal Canadian Legion Br 134 isn't open on Thursdays so please take any donations in their area to The Third Addition Gifts & Toys in MIll Bay Shopping Centre). A full list of all the Drop Off Centres are on posts on Facebook and Instagram and also on our website at www.toystoiletriestsoques.ca

The generosity of the Cowichan Valley is legendary. There just aren't enough words to thank everyone involved, particularly every donor.

25/09/2024

This was soooo fun to create! And you could win one of their hoodies!😀

30/07/2024

Exciting News!
✴️ Global FMX is proud to announce its return to the Cowichan Exhibition!

Canada's premier Freestyle Motocross team will bring their largest show yet to perform daily. Get set to be awed by these amazing performers and their latest aerial
acrobatic stunts on a fully portable freestyle set flying over 75 feet throughout the air!

In addition, 10-year-old “Kruz Garwasiuk” will show the progression of freestyle motocross on his Cobra 65 cc motocross bike, jumping his own custom ramps.

Come join the Global FMX crew for an action-packed, family-friendly spectacle that is guaranteed to take your breath away!

This year's Fall Fair is September 13, 14, and 15th!

19/07/2024

So many fun things to enjoy at this year's Cowichan Exhibition including the Logger Sports! Mark your calendars - this year's Fall Fair is September 13, 14 and 15th!

The Cowichan Exhibition Logger sports are back at this year's Fall Fair! Get set to check out axe throwing, tree climbing, wood chopping, and more on Saturday, September 14th! 🪓

Are you interested in participating in the Logger Sports Competition to showcase your logger skills and win cash prizes? Make sure to fill out an application before August 25th! Go online to register
https://www.cowex.ca/the-fair/logger-sports

08/07/2024

I am having so much fun creating social media images for this year's Fall Fair at the Cowichan Exhibition!
Get creative with the Gardening Hat Contest! You don't necessarily need a sheep to wear it or have chickens on the hat!😅😂 But there is a theme this year with the children's book "One Smart Sheep"!

Our Fall Fair is coming up on September 13, 14, and 15th! 🚜

One of the fun class challenges in the Hobbies and Crafts Division is the Gardening Hat Contest, which is sponsored by our friends at Dinter Nursery. There are some great prizes to be won!

Get creative with this year's theme - "One Smart Sheep"- This terrific children's story follows Wilson, a very smart sheep, as he ventures into town and makes his way back home.

With this year's theme and colours as inspiration, decorate a hat to wear out in the garden. Grab a new hat, or an old one, make your own, or decorate a purchased hat with this year's theme colours - blueberry blue, snow pea green, and winter white.

See Division 23 - Hobbies & Crafts - Section 4, Class 32 - go to https://www.assistexpo.ca/cowichan-exhibition to register on-line!

Or if you prefer to have the Official Catalogue and register that way, hard copies are available now from the Cowichan Exhibition office Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm.

24/06/2024

Coming soon- the official Fall Fair catalogue!

12/06/2024

The Volunteer Elves met last weekend to start planning for the upcoming holiday fundraiser Toys Toiletries & Toques. This is the 14th annual event where we collect non-food items for the all of the local food banks.
This year's fundraiser runs from November 1st to the 28th ( noon) and we are looking for more volunteer elves - please see the post below.
Also we recently announced our partnership with Cowichan Valley Basket Society - this means if you would like to make a cash donation, you will be issued a receipt ( whereas we couldn't do this in previous years)
Check out our website for more details!
https://www.toystoiletriestoques.ca/

Here is an Elves meeting with some Elves! The Elves of Toys Toiletries & Toques are starting to meet to ensure we are dotting every i, and crossing every T to make our 14th annual collection of NEW non-food and cash donations easy and affordable to help folks in the Cowichan Valley enjoy a better Holiday Season/Christmas. Our campaign this year will run from November 1 - November 28 at noon.

We talked about a great line up of Drop In Centres that are returning. We introduced our new Elf Teresa who will eventually take over the Drop Off Centre communication for us, we talk about finding ways to add to our Ticket program, and we welcomed our new Sorting Elf - Janna, who will work with the Elves that can help pick up donations and deliver them to our storing areas every year and also organize our final sorting date before delivery to the Food Banks we have working with for so many years. And then we sat down and ate a great Brunch!

Oh, and if there are any volunteers who want to help in the fundraising or media/marketing liaison we would love to talk to you. Please DM us here on IG or FB or text to 250 743 1638 or email through our website.

From left to right, Elf Janna, Elf Stephanie, Elf Teresa, Elf Leigh, Elf Lorraine, Elf Brenda and Elf Debbie. If you'd like to know the backgrounds and their current assignments, please just visit our website at https://www.toystoiletriestoques.ca/elves

Non Elf Leslie Restifo who can't help out because she lives in Ohio.....see my beautiful CorgiPalloza T Shirt? I wore it to belately celebrate Interational Corgi Day last week. HA!