Oak Bay Village

Mother's Day is fast approaching! Let her know how much you appreciate her with a gift basket from Oak Bay Flower Shop Ltd. There is a huge variety to choose from incuding this one that was specially created for Mom. See the gift basket section on their website for more choices oakbayflowershop.com.

There are so many young exceptional stars in our community, let's celebrate them and the great things they are doing! Application forms are also available at on the District of Oak Bay website: https://www.oakbay.ca//programs-registration/youth-programs

Looking for something special for Mother's Day? A La Mode Consignment Victoria has put together a Mother's Day box that's sure to make your mom smile. Orders can be DM’d through Instagram @alamodeconsignment or via email [email protected]. Don't wait until it's too late!

A great start for your weekend charcuterie board! Ottavio Italian Bakery & Delicatessen has the ingredients for the perfect nosh.

There is still time to schedule an Easter Bunny stop at your house! Oak Bay Flower Shop Ltd. has created an Easter Basket of goodies including Daniels Easter Egg filled with their delicious Belgian chocolates, 2 Daniels Hot Chocolate Bombs, Daniels Milk Chocolate Bar, and truffles and small bag chocolate chip cookies - presented with a decorative easter egg for $57.88. They are open all Easter Weekend including Friday, Sunday and Monday. Check out this and other Easter ideas at https://oakbayflowershop.com/

Stop by A La Mode Consignment Victoria today and tomorrow for great deals and to do some good! They are donating 10% of sales of Island Therapeutics Bath Products, Cordova Candles, Pilgrim Jewelry & their Italian Totes to BC Cancer in support of women's cancer. Also for these two days, 100% of the sales of macarons from The Fat Macaron & Desserts will also be donated. What could be better than spriing treats and something spring for your wardrobe?

We are so excited to be recognized by the Greater Victoria Festival Society for our Christmas lighting this year. We look forward to bringing even more lighting to the community in 2021. Congratulations to all the winners.

Churches in the community have a number of online services scheduled to celebrate the season. Several of them are posted in the event calendar on our website www.visitoakbayvillage.ca. They are open to everyone.

The next time you are strolling the Village check out the beautiful posters coloured and painted by the children, youth, families and friends of Oak Bay United Church. Currently displayed at NexGen Hearing and 113 - 2187 Oak Bay Avenue (back of Athlone Court). More locations coming soon!

The Realtor Food Bank Challenge has set a new record! Engel & Völkers Vancouver Island, The Agency Oak Bay and RE/MAX Camosun raised a whopping $18,647 and 245 pounds of food for The Mustard Seed Street Church!! Congratulations to Engel & Volkers, the winners of the 2020 Challenge. The community collection box donated by Mobox Storage collected an impressive 513.3 pounds of community donated food! A shout out to Island Equipment Owners Association for their assistance includi...ng weighing and delivering the food to The Mustard Seed. If you missed the Challenge deadline you can still drop off or donate at any of the three agency offices.

The next time you are enjoying Oak Bay Village try our Playmagic app available for free on the App Store and Google Play. You can take a virtual photo with Santa, have a snowball fight with elves and help the bear get his candy. Look for our Christmas Zone signs.

Our donation box for The Mustard Seed Street Church is now set up on the front lawn of the Municipal Hall and we had our first donation right away! Accepting donations every day until December 7. Wondering what items do the most good? The Mustard Seed has posted a list of their most needed items. Thank you to the Island Equipment Owners Association for huge support and to Mobox Storage for donating the container and container transport.