This Saturday we entered the boat in the Santa Claus Parade, which was totally a blast. Once again the Leaders in Training from the Boy’s and Girl’s Club stepped up to help organize things for the parade.

The kids were troopers as it was a really cold night, but it was even worse for us as we were way up on the deck of the boat as we made our way down Princess Street. Nothing a few blankets and hot chocolate couldn’t fix, but it was pretty darn cold out there.

I’m not much of a Christmas person, but I have to say that it was a fantastic way to get into the spirit of the season.

Once again, a big thanks to the LIT group, John for driving, George and th Girls for helping to decorate the boat, Alison for helping with all of the logistics, Pride Marine for loaning us their truck, and the the Downtown Kingston Business Association for putting on a great event.

Last week was crazy busy with activities at the Boy’s and Girl’s Club. The Leaders in Training group have been taking on more and more responsibility over the past few weeks and I am really proud of them as budding leaders in their community.

On Wednesday last week we ran a “Sailor Boot Camp” for the kids at the club. In the gym at the club we set up three stations: a spinaker hoist, a stacking race and an emergency preparedness drill where they had to pretend they were sleeping below and get dressed and on deck to deal with a problem, fastest time wins. The LIT group helped to get everything set up and then helped run the stations.

I want to send out a big thanks to George Jackson, John Curtis and James Brown for their help running the stations and encopuraging the kids to get through all of the activities in record time.