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www.insidehalton.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, November 16, 2017 | 26 PARADE ROUTE i ----------- DISPERSAL AREA DETOUR LINEUP I CORNWALL SPEERS ROAD Parade is a fun-filled day for th e w h ole fam ily This Saturday, Santa Claus will wind his way through the streets of Oakville for the 69th time. He and sweetheart Mrs. Claus, the Santa Claus Parade's Grand Marshall, will officially welcome the Christmas season along with thousands of people lining the Parade route in Downtown Oakville and Kerr Village. The Parade's theme, 'A Canadian Christmas Through The Decades' promises to deliver one of the best parades ever seen in Town, with 50 uniquely decorated floats, costumed charac ters and a full lineup of m arching bands paving the way for Santa's arrival. The Parade starts promptly at 9:00 am rain or shine. It will begin at Lakeshore Rd. and Reynolds, go west on Lakeshore to Kerr St. and continue north on Kerr, west on Stewart, ending at the corner of Felan and Stewart St. For general inform ation about the Parade, visit www.oakvillesantaclausparade.ca. Follow us @OakvilleParade on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and be sure to share your Parade day memories with us using the hashtag #OakvilleSantaClausParade! Don't worry about parking ride on Santa's Shuttle Bus Avoid parking hassles by taking the free Santa Shuttle Bus courtesy of Oakville Transit. This convenient mode of transpor tation runs every 5 m inutes from the Oakville GO Station stopping at all regular stops along Reynolds to the Church/Dunn bus terminal. The first shuttle bus leaves Oakville GO at 8:00 am and will operate every 5 m inutes with last shuttle leaving Church and Dunn at 11:30 am. The shuttle will ru n every 5 m inutes from both locations. For safety reasons children m ust be removed from strollers and/or wagons while on the bus. Strollers m ust be folded and wag ons put in an upright position. During the Parade, Oakville Transit will detour Routes 2, 14, 15 and 17 out of the Parade area. Additional transit info is available on the Parade website or at www.oakvilletransit.ca The Oakville Santa Claus Parade air on n % co 2 3 Saturday, Nov. 18 at 10 am and 7 pm D on't forget the toy drive, food drive and $2 for a "red n ose" · The Oakville Firefighters will be on hand to accept new, unwrapped toys. Tween and teen items are especially needed. · Kids of all ages will want to purchase a red nose for $2 from the Fun Group of Family and Friends from Falgarwood. All monies generated will be donated to Wellspring Children's Program. As this group is the only authorized seller of red noses, please don't buy your red nose from somebody else. · This year, the Kinsmen Club of Oakville invites you to "stuff a bus" for the food drive as they collect non-perishable food items for the Salvation Army in an Oakville Transit bus. They encourage everyone to bring at least one non-perishable food item to the Parade. Cash donations will also be accepted. They are excited to once again partner with Oakville Hydro which is providing in-kind sup port for the food drive. This year's winner of the Parade colouring contest is seven-year-old Heather Dong, who will serve as the Parade's Honourary Grand Marshall and ride in a horse drawn carriage with Mrs. Claus! ROSEHAVEN I AM HOME Proud to be a supporter of our community «^M arilyn Duarte Sales Representative 905-822-5000 mduarte@sutton.com Sjuttok Group Quantum Realty Inc., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated 178 Alison Cres. $4150/month 9 Lyndfield Cres. $779,000 Visit RosehavenHomes.com For directions, maps, hours and com m unity inform ation call our hotline (1-888/416) 410-0175 > #621-140 Widdicombe Hill Blvd. W $519,999 w w w .m arilynduarte.com