In the Community

Highlands United Church holds annual exhibit with more than 200 displays

Rod Meares winds a garland around the balcony at Mollie Nye House in preparation for the annual Bright Christmas event on Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The light-up of the house, located at 940 Lynn Valley Rd., is set for 7 p.m.

North Shore residents Diane Forsythe-Abbott, Laura Nelson and Debbie Side invite people to the 21st annual Diane Forsythe-Abbott Crabtree Luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 3 at noon at Hy’s Encore Steakhouse in Vancouver.

Bill Chalmers, of West Van’s Cypress Park neighbourhood, gets set to cart off 500 wooden trucks and other wheeled wonders that he has created for Family Services of the North Shore’s Christmas Bureau.

Firefighter Craig Dickie and his daughters Kate and Claire start decorating for the fifth annual Holiday Hi-Light Festival at Park & Tilford Gardens, 333 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver. The opening night light-up celebration is Friday, Nov.

Seven-year-old Sofia Galati puts the finishing touches on her Mason jar lantern at a free workshop Nov. 22 at Karen Magnussen Arena. Workshop participants will take part in a Lantern Parade on Tuesday, Dec.

The North Shore Dragon Busters are a team of dragon boat paddlers who are all breast cancer survivors. This year, as they did last year, they will decorate a tree at Dundarave Beach as part of the annual Forest of Miracles.