Christmas is a special time of year for us at the Salvos. As we celebrate the Christmas story, we come alongside many Australians who are doing it tough at this time of year.
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Each Christmas, we engage in large scale distribution of toys, financial assistance and emergency accomodation throughout our local Nambucca Valley.
Each year, we are also delighted to spread the joy of Christmas through the Macksville Carols by Candlelight.
Unfortunately due to the impact of COVID-19, we will be cancelling this much-loved Christmas event this year.
But all is not lost, as we are planning a COVID-Safe community event in its place to spread Christmas cheer - the Nambucca Valley Community Christmas Forest.
This year, we are opening our doors at 21 River St each evening in the weekend prior to Christmas (December 18-20) to our community, to participate in a "walk-through" experience of our magical Christmas Forest.
The Christmas Forest will feature around 50 wooden Christmas trees decorated by local businesses, community groups and prominent individuals, along with live carols, dazzling Christmas lights, Santa, and other entertainment.
This family-friendly event will be completely "touch-free" and COVID-Safe, abiding by all relevant NSW government guidelines.
Admission to this event will be by donation, with all proceeds supporting the work of The Salvation Army in our local Valley this Christmas season.
Together, we might just be able to spread a little hope where its needed the most this Christmas.
