Official Christmas 2025 Fundraisers

Christmas Fundraising

Special thanks to the community organizations and businesses who make it a priority to organize fundraisers for the Sooke Food Bank. We would like to acknowledge them here, so the public can also confirm they’re legit:

All Sooke Arts & Crafts Christmas Craft Fair

November 14, 15 & 16
​Sooke Community Hall
2037 Sheilds Road

Collected cash donations totalling approximately $2500 (Nov 20, 2025).

Sooke Christmas Food & Toy Drive

Christmas Silent Auction
Fri, Nov 26 • 6-8pm
A Sea of Bloom
2052 Otter Point Road

Drop Off: Nov 12 – Dec 10
Pickup: Dates & Routes TBA

Co-hosted by A Sea of Bloom and Under the Seat Plumbing, local Sooke businesses are banding together for the first annual Sooke Christmas Food & Toy Drive (more info on our other blog post), including Christmas Silent Auction (Nov 26) and drop-off and pickup dates.

Jazz Up the Holidays

Fri, Dec 5 • 7:00pm
Sooke Baptist Church
7110 West Coast Road

Sooke Community Jazz Band presents a festive night of live Christmas jazz music as a fundraiser for the Sooke Food Bank. Admission by Donation.

Sooke Santa Parade

Sun, Dec 7 • 4–6pm
Sooke Library
6671 Wadams Way

Sooke Lions Club presents the annual Sooke Santa Parade. Family fun begins at the Sooke Library with Christmas craft station, photos with Santa, and free hot chocolate and hotdogs. Parade starts at 5pm from Journey Middle School and progresses along Throup Road, Church Road, and Wadams Way.

Santa Run

Sat, Dec 13 • 5pm onwards

Sooke Fire Department and Otter Point Volunteer Fire Department presents the annual Santa Run. Fire trucks, festively decked out in Christmas lights and playing holiday music, will drive around neighbourhoods to collect non-perishable and cash donations.

10,000 Tonight

Fri, Dec TBA • 5–8pm

EMCS Leadership presents 10,000 Tonight (links to 2024 event), an annual food drive and fundraiser, where volunteers go door-to-door, collecting monetary donations and non-perishable food items. Several years ago, the “10,000 Tonight” event was launched with the goal of collecting 10,000 non-perishable food items in a single night. Since then, it has expanded to all three high schools in School District 61. All food and funds collected by EMCS stays in Sooke, directly supporting the Sooke Food Bank.