Santa Claus is coming to town at the second annual Children鈥檚 Wish Breakfast this year in a very special way.
An RCMP helicopter will be flying Santa in to the fundraising breakfast at Newlands Golf & Country Club on Nov. 27.
Sky Helicopters will follow the flight by drop-lining a net of donated gifts from their Bell 206B Jetranger helicopter.
鈥淲e thought we would take it up a notch and have some of the gifts arrive by helicopter,鈥� explained George Lacny, Sky Helicopters director of sales and marketing.
鈥淚t鈥檒l be dropped off on the golf course right in front of the club house. We鈥檙e doing what鈥檚 called 鈥榣ong-lining.鈥� What that means is the gifts will be suspended with basically a netting system that goes around a pallet of gifts.鈥�
Lacny added that Sky Helicopters was a sponsor at the breakfast last year, and wanted to continue playing a role.
鈥淭his is a wonderful event for disadvantaged families in the community. As a business that operates in the Fraser Valley and the Vancouver area, we feel it鈥檚 very important to support really worthwhile causes like this and it鈥檚 a real pleasure to take part in this.鈥�
And long-lining gifts is a first for the tourism helicopter company.
鈥淭his is something our pilots who work in what鈥檚 called the helicopter industry work, where they would be working in the back country, supporting wildfires, that kind of thing. This is a common thing that鈥檚 done to move larger loads into sites. We thought we鈥檇 dress it up for Christmas and bring the gifts in.鈥�
The breakfast is on Tuesday, Nov.27 from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Newlands Golf & Country Club at 21025 48th Ave.
Everyone that brings a new, unwrapped toy, will receive the complimentary breakfast.
For more information on the Children鈥檚 Wish Breakfast, visit https://www.newlandsgolf.com/childrens-wish-breakfast/, email wishbreakfast@newlandsgolf.com or call 604-533-3288.
