4 • Truck Convoy 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013 - VICTORIA
NEWS • OAK BAY NEWS • SAANICH NEWS • GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE • PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW
TRUCK LIGHT CONVOY www.ieoa.ca
AND FOOD DRIVE
Convoy helps fill food bank coffers
PRE-CONVOY FOOD DONATION LOCATIONS
Drop Off Between: Nov. 25th – Dec. 8th ACCENT INNS
• 1701 Island Highway • Millstream Shopping Centre, 101-2401G Jacklin Rd. • Vancity Mall, Unit D - 3075 Douglas St.
BLUE RIDGE INNS 3110 Douglas St.
JIM PATTISON VOLVO OF VICTORIA
TRAIL APPLIANCES
2735 Douglas St
A
Police departments from Oak Bay, Victoria, Saanich and West Shore RCMP will join forces to escort the convoy and ensure the safety of onlookers and truckers alike. “We really do appreciate the help given to us by our local police forces,” says event organizer, IEOA Manager Laura Brewer. “We couldn’t hold the convoy without them.” Aside from a couple of older-model “collector” trucks, many of the units are working trucks. “When you see the incredible amount of work that these guys put into decorating their trucks, it’s really awesome,” Brewer adds. But the convoy is more than a dazzling display of pretty lights. It serves up a reminder of what Christmas really means. “As the convoy gives to the community, so should the community give to each other, especially the less fortunate,” Brewer says. “Last year, we collected over 6,500 lbs. of food for the Mustard Seed and Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund,” Brewer says. Non-perishable food items can be dropped in collection bins at Ogden Point, Western Speedway and at various points along the convoy route. Convoy details can be found at www.ieoa.ca
POST-CONVOY FUN! Everyone is invited to gather at Western Speedway for the conclusion of the event. Admission to the Speedway is by cash or non-perishable food donation. Coffee, hot dogs and hot chocolate are available by donation. Donations at Western Speedway support the Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund Society.
THANK YOU!
On behalf of the Island Equipment Owners Association thank you to our sponsors, community partners, volunteers and participants for remembering and supporting the following food banks: Sidney Lions Food Bank, Mustard Seed Food Bank, Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund. • • • •
103.1 JACK FM Nixon Bros. Contracting Ltd. Nixon Bros. Truck Repairs Oak Bay Business Improvement Association • P & R Western Star Freightliner Trucks • PM Industries
• • • • •
Sysco The Zone @ 91.3 Thrifty Foods Western Speedway Wilson & Proctor
Island Asphalt Company
Proud member of IEOA and supporter of their initiatives Victoria
250.652.9211
A proud IEOA participant & supporter of the parade.
Supporting the efforts of the IEDA & Community food drives.
COAST INDUSTRIAL PARTS 562 Dupplin Road Victoria Jack Atkinson
250-475-3202
For safety reasons, access to this parking lot is restricted to parade participants only.
*Please note, you have to be 19 years of age to enter through the doors, so children cannot drop off food
850 Langford Parkway
• • •
5:45 pm Trucks leave Ogden Point
1708 Island Highway
RONA HOME & GARDEN
100.3 The Q Accent Inns All Fun All-Ways Towing Alpine Group Black Press City of Victoria Complete School of Truck Transportation CTV Vancouver Island EDP Automotive Greater Victoria Harbour Authority Inland Kenworth/Parker Pacific
Schedule:
VIEW ROYAL CASINO
• 10115E McDonald Park Rd., Sidney • 2994 Jacklin Rd., Langford
•
Have a Blast
• 845 Goldstream Ave. • 739 McCallum Rd. • 1820 Island Highway • 840-2945 Jacklin Rd. • 2890 Westshore Parkway
RICHLOCK RENTALS
• • • • • • • •
AND FOOD DRIVE
TIM HORTONS
• 2420 Millstream Rd. • 2882 Douglas St. • 2681 Sooke Rd. • 2107 Keating X Rd.
FOR SERVICE CALL
Tel: 250-383-6961 Fax: 250-380-3093 859 Viewfield Road Victoria BC
www.ieoa.ca
TRUCK LIGHT CONVOY
2360 Millstream Road
KAL TIRE
t any other time of the year, having an endless convoy of trucks roll by your front door might inspire a call to your local town hall. But on Saturday, Dec. 7, you can hang up the phone and be entertained as the annual Island Equipment Owners Association Truck Light Convoy winds its way through the streets of the Capital Region. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the convoy — an event that has become a traditional kick-off to the Christmas season — and the 15th consecutive year that organizers have accepted food donations to the Mustard Seed Food Bank and West Shore Christmas Hamper Fund. The Sidney Lions Food Bank also benefits from this event. Over 80 gravel trucks, flat beds and the like, normally seen on the road and construction sites, will bedecked out in their season’s best with garland, twinkling lights and costumed riders to help usher in the festive season. The convoy will leave Ogden Point at 5:45 p.m. and follow a 35-kilometre route down Dallas Road to Oak Bay. Returning to downtown via Oak Bay Avenue and Yates Street the trucks will head out Douglas Street to the Trans Canada Highway and on to Western Speedway, where they are expected around 8:45 p.m. and will remain on display throughout the evening. Equipment owners from all throughout the Capital Region will be participating.
Saturday, December 7th
SERIOUS COFFEE
3233 Maple St.
SANTA
ARRIVES AT WESTERN SPEEDWAY BY DECORATED TRUCK
80
TRucks & heavy duty vehicles travelling 35km by police escort
WARM UP
6:30 pm Arrives at Oak Bay Village 7:00 pm Arrives at Yates & Douglas 7:30 pm Arrives at Helmcken and Trans Canada overpass 8:00 pm Arrives at Goldstream and Veterans Memorial Parkway 8:30 pm Arrives at Western Speedway * Times are approximate
to the IEOA Truck Light Convoy and Food Drive
Ogden Point, South Entrance beside the Breakwater Bistro Saturday, Dec. 7th between 12 noon and 6 pm • Help fill a Victoria Harbour Ferry with non-perishable food donations • Check out the Christmas lights on the Ships • Feast from Victoria’s finest Food Trucks • WARM UP with a chocolate by donation • Watch for Santa’s special arrival at approximately 3:30 pm!
TRUCKS ARE NOT ABLE TO PICK UP FOOD WHILE IN MOTION ALONG THE ROUTE For information on food collection locations, a route map, please see next page.
• Join him in his workshop afterwards for a chance to tell him what you want for Christmas this year • At 5:45 pm Santa will then head out with the convoy on route to Western Speedway
Look for
Identif Slow Zoied Expect a la nes rg
e concentr people in ation of th e • Dallas R fo oad - Bea llowing locations: c • Downto on Hill • Oak Bay wn Victor Village ia near Parliamen • Victoria t & Humbolt Ge • Vetera neral Hospital ns Don’t miss this exciting & Goldst Memorial ream Av e inaugural event which
supports the Mustard Seed.
2 • Truck Convoy 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013 - VICTORIA
NEWS • OAK BAY NEWS • SAANICH NEWS • GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE • PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW
TRUCK LIGHT CONVOY ROUTE
Look for the Oak Bay Public Works Truck
8. Municipal Driveway
Look for the Oak Bay Public Works Truck
MESSAGE
from the convoy founder Truck Light Parade took on a life of its own, says Johal, noting the event has collected around 124,000 lbs of food donations since its inception fourteen years ago, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to local food banks. Johal grins with pride when he sees what has become a West Shore tradition that attracts onlookers and supporters from Greater Victoria and beyond. “It’s getting bigger and bigger,” he said. “There’s even people coming here from out of the country to see it. They say they’ve never seen anything like it before.”
TRUCKS ARE NOT ABLE TO PICK UP FOOD WHILE IN MOTION ALONG THE ROUTE - see map (above) for drop off locations
LL
AS
IELD IRF FA
DR IVE
BEACH
Davenport Maps Ltd. www.davenportmaps.com
*Please note that traffic may be congested Dec. 1st between 5:00 and 8:30 along the Truck Light Convoy route. Please consider an alternate route.
IN SAANICH
9. Blue Ridge Inns, 3110 Douglas Street Look for collection bin in the lobby
10. Serious Coffee
View Royal Fire Dept. will be collecting food.
12. View Royal Casino, 1708 Island Hwy
Look for collection box inside. OPEN UNTIL 8:30 PM
14. Juan de Fuca Rec Centre, 1767 Island Hwy
Look for the 10 x10 tent by the Colwood Fire Dept. truck
15. Colwood Corners
Sands Funeral Chapel will be serving hot chocolate. Look for the Emery Electric Truck parked at Sands Funeral Chapel. Colwood Fire Dept. will be collecting food.
16. Veterans Memorial Parkway and Goldstream The Langford Fire Dept. will be collecting food in the Veteran’s Memorial Park.
17.
Serious Coffee, Look for collection box inside. OPEN UNTIL 9:00 PM
2 D
ROA
Victoria
7
8
OAK BAY AVE.
MEMORIAL
RN SID
HW Y.
ND
TE
H
11. Helmcken Road & Watkiss Way
13. Serious Coffee, 1701 Island Hwy Oak Bay
5 3 YATES L4 LEVILL E
BE
DA
in OAK BAY
GOVERNMENT
MEMORIA L
R A NS
1 START OF ROUTE Ogden Point 5:45PM
AVE.
6 ILLSIDE
www.ieoa.ca
Collection boxes located just inside the front door (please note, you have to be 19 years of age to enter through the doors, so children cannot drop off food.)
10
ST.
Colwood
Look for collection bin in showroom. Coffee, hot chocolate, treats and lots of seating will be available.
7. Across street from Oak Bay Municipal Hall
9
LAS
6. Jim Pattison Volvo of Victoria 2725 Douglas St.
UG DO
Look for the Mustard Seed Sprinter Van collecting food by the Tourism Victoria Visitor Centre.
Y.
HARBOUR
5. Wharf Street at Government Street
W
1
I M A LT
765 Industrial Way
www.iconcrete.ca • Fax: 250-478-5299
Government at Belleville Look for the Mustard Seed Truck parked at the clock tower in front of the Royal BC Museum
11
QU
Open Mon - Sat
250-478-0555
4.
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NZIE
McKE
ISS TK WA
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16 S TR
GO LD
12 13 14 15
S
Royal
LA
Look for the Mustard Seed Truck
IS
17
1
PKWY.
2. Dallas Road at Clover Point
BU
E
ES
• Ready-Mixed Concrete • Victoria’s ONLY Y Liquid Colouring System • Concrete Accessories • Gravity Wall Blocks • Gravel Mart
With his lanky build and trucker’s cap, Nirmal Johal doesn’t look much like old Saint Nick, but that didn’t stop him from dressing up in a Santa suit and driving around in his rig a few years back handing candy canes out to kids. “I love Christmas. It’s cool. It’s the kid in me I guess,” shrugs the Langford contractor who founded the Truck Light Parade. “After that I phoned a buddy with a second truck and he said it sounds like fun, and we ended up getting 12 trucks the first year. Industry suppliers were next to come on board, and before long the
Langford RD.
Merry Christmas from your friends at ICL!
View
M
250.246.2310
18
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T
Breakwater Bistro at Ogden Point. “Fill a Victoria Harbour Ferry” with food donations. Donations accepted from noon to 5:30 PM
Mustard Seed will be collecting food OUTSIDE at the Douglas and Government Street entrances
Qualified underground utility locating company helping to make your excavation process safer.
Locally Owned and Operated
1. Warm-Up Event – In the parking lot behind the
The Christmas Truck Light Route
END OF ROUTE Western Speedway 8:15 - 8:30PM
IN VICTORIA
3. The Bay Centre
Supporting the Truck Light Convoy
Effort = Concrete Results
Mustard Seed will be set up to issue receipts for cash donations.
EA
CSTT Driver Training 250.655.0432 csttdrivertraining.com
in WESTSHORE
MILLS T R
Training students to become high quality, professional, skilled & safe drivers!
NIGHT OF Convoy FOOD DONATION LOCATIONS
VE
A proud parade participant…
Truck Convoy 2013 • 3
VICTORIA NEWS • OAK BAY NEWS • SAANICH NEWS • GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE • PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW - Friday, December 6, 2013
Van City Mall Unit D - 3075 Douglas St. Open until 8:00pm
18.
Western Speedway Admission to Western Speedway is by cash or non-perishable food item. Look for the Pacific Rim Distributors food collection truck parked at the admissions gate. Look for the decorated Ryzuk Geotechnical food collection truck parked beside the infield concession.
We are on the Convoy route! Stop in for some Free Hot Chocolate!
SANDS FUNERAL CHAPELS By Arbor Memorial
317 Goldstream Ave ǀ 250-478-3821
Julie, Sands- Colwood Chapel Manager
Proudly supporting the IEOA and wishing you a happy holidays and a joyous New Year!
Please support your local food bank this Christmas. Slinger Service
www.odellslinger.com
250.383.0600
Wishing everyone a safe and joyful holiday season.
Don Mann EXCAVATING LTD. EST. 1947
4098 Lochside Dr., Victoria, BC V8X 2C8 ǀ T: 250.479.8283
Proud to support the Goldstream Food Bank and the Truck Light Parade. Drop off your non-perishable food at our store before or after the parade. A proud community partner.
Enjoy the spectacle of the Convoy and please support the food drive.
Langford
Proudly supported by
850 Langford Parkway, Victoria, BC 250 478-6680
RG Excavating 413 - 800 Kelly Road, Victoria • 250.474.1537
WESTSHORE TOWING Doing it Right!
Proud to support the community food bank.
Happy Holidays!
Peter Pringle James Clapp Managing Director Senior Vice President 250 413 2712 (direct) 250 413 2716 (direct) 250 361 5702 (mobile) 250 881 3771 (mobile) ppringle@jltcanada.com jclapp@jltcanada.com www.jltcanada.com
• AGGREGATE • READY MIX CONCRETE •
Always proud to support community initiatives.
Let’s fill up the food bank! Butler Brothers is proud to be a participant in the Truck Light Convoy and encourages everyone to donate generously to your local food banks.
Westshore 250-478-8374 ǀ Victoria 250-475-3211
SERVING THE WESTSHORE, VICTORIA AND SOOKE Call 250.474.1369 for PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE
• KEATING 250.652.4484 250.642.5296 • SOOKE • DUNCAN 250.746.1080
2 • Truck Convoy 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013 - VICTORIA
NEWS • OAK BAY NEWS • SAANICH NEWS • GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE • PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW
TRUCK LIGHT CONVOY ROUTE
Look for the Oak Bay Public Works Truck
8. Municipal Driveway
Look for the Oak Bay Public Works Truck
MESSAGE
from the convoy founder Truck Light Parade took on a life of its own, says Johal, noting the event has collected around 124,000 lbs of food donations since its inception fourteen years ago, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to local food banks. Johal grins with pride when he sees what has become a West Shore tradition that attracts onlookers and supporters from Greater Victoria and beyond. “It’s getting bigger and bigger,” he said. “There’s even people coming here from out of the country to see it. They say they’ve never seen anything like it before.”
TRUCKS ARE NOT ABLE TO PICK UP FOOD WHILE IN MOTION ALONG THE ROUTE - see map (above) for drop off locations
LL
AS
IELD IRF FA
DR IVE
BEACH
Davenport Maps Ltd. www.davenportmaps.com
*Please note that traffic may be congested Dec. 1st between 5:00 and 8:30 along the Truck Light Convoy route. Please consider an alternate route.
IN SAANICH
9. Blue Ridge Inns, 3110 Douglas Street Look for collection bin in the lobby
10. Serious Coffee
View Royal Fire Dept. will be collecting food.
12. View Royal Casino, 1708 Island Hwy
Look for collection box inside. OPEN UNTIL 8:30 PM
14. Juan de Fuca Rec Centre, 1767 Island Hwy
Look for the 10 x10 tent by the Colwood Fire Dept. truck
15. Colwood Corners
Sands Funeral Chapel will be serving hot chocolate. Look for the Emery Electric Truck parked at Sands Funeral Chapel. Colwood Fire Dept. will be collecting food.
16. Veterans Memorial Parkway and Goldstream The Langford Fire Dept. will be collecting food in the Veteran’s Memorial Park.
17.
Serious Coffee, Look for collection box inside. OPEN UNTIL 9:00 PM
2 D
ROA
Victoria
7
8
OAK BAY AVE.
MEMORIAL
RN SID
HW Y.
ND
TE
H
11. Helmcken Road & Watkiss Way
13. Serious Coffee, 1701 Island Hwy Oak Bay
5 3 YATES L4 LEVILL E
BE
DA
in OAK BAY
GOVERNMENT
MEMORIA L
R A NS
1 START OF ROUTE Ogden Point 5:45PM
AVE.
6 ILLSIDE
www.ieoa.ca
Collection boxes located just inside the front door (please note, you have to be 19 years of age to enter through the doors, so children cannot drop off food.)
10
ST.
Colwood
Look for collection bin in showroom. Coffee, hot chocolate, treats and lots of seating will be available.
7. Across street from Oak Bay Municipal Hall
9
LAS
6. Jim Pattison Volvo of Victoria 2725 Douglas St.
UG DO
Look for the Mustard Seed Sprinter Van collecting food by the Tourism Victoria Visitor Centre.
Y.
HARBOUR
5. Wharf Street at Government Street
W
1
I M A LT
765 Industrial Way
www.iconcrete.ca • Fax: 250-478-5299
Government at Belleville Look for the Mustard Seed Truck parked at the clock tower in front of the Royal BC Museum
11
QU
Open Mon - Sat
250-478-0555
4.
EAM
NZIE
McKE
ISS TK WA
H
16 S TR
GO LD
12 13 14 15
S
Royal
LA
Look for the Mustard Seed Truck
IS
17
1
PKWY.
2. Dallas Road at Clover Point
BU
E
ES
• Ready-Mixed Concrete • Victoria’s ONLY Y Liquid Colouring System • Concrete Accessories • Gravity Wall Blocks • Gravel Mart
With his lanky build and trucker’s cap, Nirmal Johal doesn’t look much like old Saint Nick, but that didn’t stop him from dressing up in a Santa suit and driving around in his rig a few years back handing candy canes out to kids. “I love Christmas. It’s cool. It’s the kid in me I guess,” shrugs the Langford contractor who founded the Truck Light Parade. “After that I phoned a buddy with a second truck and he said it sounds like fun, and we ended up getting 12 trucks the first year. Industry suppliers were next to come on board, and before long the
Langford RD.
Merry Christmas from your friends at ICL!
View
M
250.246.2310
18
WE
T
Breakwater Bistro at Ogden Point. “Fill a Victoria Harbour Ferry” with food donations. Donations accepted from noon to 5:30 PM
Mustard Seed will be collecting food OUTSIDE at the Douglas and Government Street entrances
Qualified underground utility locating company helping to make your excavation process safer.
Locally Owned and Operated
1. Warm-Up Event – In the parking lot behind the
The Christmas Truck Light Route
END OF ROUTE Western Speedway 8:15 - 8:30PM
IN VICTORIA
3. The Bay Centre
Supporting the Truck Light Convoy
Effort = Concrete Results
Mustard Seed will be set up to issue receipts for cash donations.
EA
CSTT Driver Training 250.655.0432 csttdrivertraining.com
in WESTSHORE
MILLS T R
Training students to become high quality, professional, skilled & safe drivers!
NIGHT OF Convoy FOOD DONATION LOCATIONS
VE
A proud parade participant…
Truck Convoy 2013 • 3
VICTORIA NEWS • OAK BAY NEWS • SAANICH NEWS • GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE • PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW - Friday, December 6, 2013
Van City Mall Unit D - 3075 Douglas St. Open until 8:00pm
18.
Western Speedway Admission to Western Speedway is by cash or non-perishable food item. Look for the Pacific Rim Distributors food collection truck parked at the admissions gate. Look for the decorated Ryzuk Geotechnical food collection truck parked beside the infield concession.
We are on the Convoy route! Stop in for some Free Hot Chocolate!
SANDS FUNERAL CHAPELS By Arbor Memorial
317 Goldstream Ave ǀ 250-478-3821
Julie, Sands- Colwood Chapel Manager
Proudly supporting the IEOA and wishing you a happy holidays and a joyous New Year!
Please support your local food bank this Christmas. Slinger Service
www.odellslinger.com
250.383.0600
Wishing everyone a safe and joyful holiday season.
Don Mann EXCAVATING LTD. EST. 1947
4098 Lochside Dr., Victoria, BC V8X 2C8 ǀ T: 250.479.8283
Proud to support the Goldstream Food Bank and the Truck Light Parade. Drop off your non-perishable food at our store before or after the parade. A proud community partner.
Enjoy the spectacle of the Convoy and please support the food drive.
Langford
Proudly supported by
850 Langford Parkway, Victoria, BC 250 478-6680
RG Excavating 413 - 800 Kelly Road, Victoria • 250.474.1537
WESTSHORE TOWING Doing it Right!
Proud to support the community food bank.
Happy Holidays!
Peter Pringle James Clapp Managing Director Senior Vice President 250 413 2712 (direct) 250 413 2716 (direct) 250 361 5702 (mobile) 250 881 3771 (mobile) ppringle@jltcanada.com jclapp@jltcanada.com www.jltcanada.com
• AGGREGATE • READY MIX CONCRETE •
Always proud to support community initiatives.
Let’s fill up the food bank! Butler Brothers is proud to be a participant in the Truck Light Convoy and encourages everyone to donate generously to your local food banks.
Westshore 250-478-8374 ǀ Victoria 250-475-3211
SERVING THE WESTSHORE, VICTORIA AND SOOKE Call 250.474.1369 for PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE
• KEATING 250.652.4484 250.642.5296 • SOOKE • DUNCAN 250.746.1080
4 • Truck Convoy 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013 - VICTORIA
NEWS • OAK BAY NEWS • SAANICH NEWS • GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE • PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW
TRUCK LIGHT CONVOY www.ieoa.ca
AND FOOD DRIVE
Convoy helps fill food bank coffers
PRE-CONVOY FOOD DONATION LOCATIONS
Drop Off Between: Nov. 25th – Dec. 8th ACCENT INNS
• 1701 Island Highway • Millstream Shopping Centre, 101-2401G Jacklin Rd. • Vancity Mall, Unit D - 3075 Douglas St.
BLUE RIDGE INNS 3110 Douglas St.
JIM PATTISON VOLVO OF VICTORIA
TRAIL APPLIANCES
2735 Douglas St
A
Police departments from Oak Bay, Victoria, Saanich and West Shore RCMP will join forces to escort the convoy and ensure the safety of onlookers and truckers alike. “We really do appreciate the help given to us by our local police forces,” says event organizer, IEOA Manager Laura Brewer. “We couldn’t hold the convoy without them.” Aside from a couple of older-model “collector” trucks, many of the units are working trucks. “When you see the incredible amount of work that these guys put into decorating their trucks, it’s really awesome,” Brewer adds. But the convoy is more than a dazzling display of pretty lights. It serves up a reminder of what Christmas really means. “As the convoy gives to the community, so should the community give to each other, especially the less fortunate,” Brewer says. “Last year, we collected over 6,500 lbs. of food for the Mustard Seed and Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund,” Brewer says. Non-perishable food items can be dropped in collection bins at Ogden Point, Western Speedway and at various points along the convoy route. Convoy details can be found at www.ieoa.ca
POST-CONVOY FUN! Everyone is invited to gather at Western Speedway for the conclusion of the event. Admission to the Speedway is by cash or non-perishable food donation. Coffee, hot dogs and hot chocolate are available by donation. Donations at Western Speedway support the Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund Society.
THANK YOU!
On behalf of the Island Equipment Owners Association thank you to our sponsors, community partners, volunteers and participants for remembering and supporting the following food banks: Sidney Lions Food Bank, Mustard Seed Food Bank, Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund. • • • •
103.1 JACK FM Nixon Bros. Contracting Ltd. Nixon Bros. Truck Repairs Oak Bay Business Improvement Association • P & R Western Star Freightliner Trucks • PM Industries
• • • • •
Sysco The Zone @ 91.3 Thrifty Foods Western Speedway Wilson & Proctor
Island Asphalt Company
Proud member of IEOA and supporter of their initiatives Victoria
250.652.9211
A proud IEOA participant & supporter of the parade.
Supporting the efforts of the IEDA & Community food drives.
COAST INDUSTRIAL PARTS 562 Dupplin Road Victoria Jack Atkinson
250-475-3202
For safety reasons, access to this parking lot is restricted to parade participants only.
*Please note, you have to be 19 years of age to enter through the doors, so children cannot drop off food
850 Langford Parkway
• • •
5:45 pm Trucks leave Ogden Point
1708 Island Highway
RONA HOME & GARDEN
100.3 The Q Accent Inns All Fun All-Ways Towing Alpine Group Black Press City of Victoria Complete School of Truck Transportation CTV Vancouver Island EDP Automotive Greater Victoria Harbour Authority Inland Kenworth/Parker Pacific
Schedule:
VIEW ROYAL CASINO
• 10115E McDonald Park Rd., Sidney • 2994 Jacklin Rd., Langford
•
Have a Blast
• 845 Goldstream Ave. • 739 McCallum Rd. • 1820 Island Highway • 840-2945 Jacklin Rd. • 2890 Westshore Parkway
RICHLOCK RENTALS
• • • • • • • •
AND FOOD DRIVE
TIM HORTONS
• 2420 Millstream Rd. • 2882 Douglas St. • 2681 Sooke Rd. • 2107 Keating X Rd.
FOR SERVICE CALL
Tel: 250-383-6961 Fax: 250-380-3093 859 Viewfield Road Victoria BC
www.ieoa.ca
TRUCK LIGHT CONVOY
2360 Millstream Road
KAL TIRE
t any other time of the year, having an endless convoy of trucks roll by your front door might inspire a call to your local town hall. But on Saturday, Dec. 7, you can hang up the phone and be entertained as the annual Island Equipment Owners Association Truck Light Convoy winds its way through the streets of the Capital Region. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the convoy — an event that has become a traditional kick-off to the Christmas season — and the 15th consecutive year that organizers have accepted food donations to the Mustard Seed Food Bank and West Shore Christmas Hamper Fund. The Sidney Lions Food Bank also benefits from this event. Over 80 gravel trucks, flat beds and the like, normally seen on the road and construction sites, will bedecked out in their season’s best with garland, twinkling lights and costumed riders to help usher in the festive season. The convoy will leave Ogden Point at 5:45 p.m. and follow a 35-kilometre route down Dallas Road to Oak Bay. Returning to downtown via Oak Bay Avenue and Yates Street the trucks will head out Douglas Street to the Trans Canada Highway and on to Western Speedway, where they are expected around 8:45 p.m. and will remain on display throughout the evening. Equipment owners from all throughout the Capital Region will be participating.
Saturday, December 7th
SERIOUS COFFEE
3233 Maple St.
SANTA
ARRIVES AT WESTERN SPEEDWAY BY DECORATED TRUCK
80
TRucks & heavy duty vehicles travelling 35km by police escort
WARM UP
6:30 pm Arrives at Oak Bay Village 7:00 pm Arrives at Yates & Douglas 7:30 pm Arrives at Helmcken and Trans Canada overpass 8:00 pm Arrives at Goldstream and Veterans Memorial Parkway 8:30 pm Arrives at Western Speedway * Times are approximate
to the IEOA Truck Light Convoy and Food Drive
Ogden Point, South Entrance beside the Breakwater Bistro Saturday, Dec. 7th between 12 noon and 6 pm • Help fill a Victoria Harbour Ferry with non-perishable food donations • Check out the Christmas lights on the Ships • Feast from Victoria’s finest Food Trucks • WARM UP with a chocolate by donation • Watch for Santa’s special arrival at approximately 3:30 pm!
TRUCKS ARE NOT ABLE TO PICK UP FOOD WHILE IN MOTION ALONG THE ROUTE For information on food collection locations, a route map, please see next page.
• Join him in his workshop afterwards for a chance to tell him what you want for Christmas this year • At 5:45 pm Santa will then head out with the convoy on route to Western Speedway
Look for
Identif Slow Zoied Expect a la nes rg
e concentr people in ation of th e • Dallas R fo oad - Bea llowing locations: c • Downto on Hill • Oak Bay wn Victor Village ia near Parliamen • Victoria t & Humbolt Ge • Vetera neral Hospital ns Don’t miss this exciting & Goldst Memorial ream Av e inaugural event which
supports the Mustard Seed.