December 2nd Brings 24th Winter Wonderland to Downtown Clearwater

CLEARWATER, Fla., Nov. 28, 2016 -- On Friday December 2nd, 2016, 6:00 pm, at Osceola Courtyard on the northeast corner of Drew Street and N. Ft. Harrison Avenue, in downtown, Clearwater, hundreds of children and families will beckon Santa on the stage of Clearwater’s 24^th Annual Winter Wonderland sponsored by the Clearwater Community Volunteers (CCV) and the Church of Scientology.  That’s where Santa will plug in the 100,000 twinkling lights and kick off the 3-week Holiday festivities.

Santa arrived at 2015 downtown Clearwater Winter Wonderland led by his trusted elves.

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Mrs. Pam Ryan Anderson, chairman of CCV said, “For the past 24 years, our Winter Wonderland has had an unbroken record as a safe, family fun festival.  This holiday “village” is every child’s magical playground where they can decorate cookies with Mrs. Claus, visit with Santa, pet baby animals, ride ponies and the Winter Wonderland train, slide down the 20-foot slide and jump enthusiastically in Winter Wonderland’s bouncy house.  This year there will even be some ‘snow’ on the completely re-designed and newly constructed Winter Wonderland,” Ms. Anderson promised.

Clearwater’s Winter Wonderland is also a food and toy drive.  Visitors are asked to bring an unwrapped toy or food for the 6^th Circuit Public Defender's Nourish to Flourish and Homeless Empowerment Programs. 

Winter Wonderland will be open every day from 6 pm to 9 pm until December 23^rd except on Mondays and Tuesdays.  For more information, please visit ccvfl.org.

Clearwater Community Volunteers (CCV) 

Clearwater Community Volunteers (CCV) is a non-profit, charitable organization, made up entirely of volunteers and was founded by parishioners of the Church of Scientology in Clearwater.  CCV produces the huge Easter Egg Hunt in Coachman Park in Clearwater every Spring, Fashions with Flair fundraiser fashion show and “Winter Wonderland” – an annual holiday charity drive in downtown Clearwater. CCV gets their inspiration from the quote by L Ron Hubbard, "Love and Help Children."  CCV has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past 24 years for charities such as Nourish to Flourish, Shriners Hospitals for Children Tampa, Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast, Homeless Empowerment Program, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and The Children's Home, Inc., the oldest orphanage in Tampa.

For more information
Contact: Christine Hays 615-482-4230 
or [email protected]