{"id":15565,"date":"2025-12-07T00:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/07\/sales-of-colouring-book-funds-holiday-event-for-p-e-i-moms\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T00:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:35:18","slug":"sales-of-colouring-book-funds-holiday-event-for-p-e-i-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/07\/sales-of-colouring-book-funds-holiday-event-for-p-e-i-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales of colouring book funds holiday event for P.E.I. moms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PEISales of an Island-inspired colouring book helped some P.E.I. moms give their kids an early start to the holidays on Saturday.Non-profit Island Bloom organized day that allowed moms to connect, while kids met Santa and received giftsJenna Banfield \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Dec 06, 2025 5:13 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.One of the first events hosted by non-profit, Island Bloom, took place at Off The Wallz in Stratford on Saturday. It created a space for kids to receive gifts and play, and for moms to connect. (Delaney Kelly\/CBC)Sales of an Island-inspired colouring book helped some P.E.I. moms give their kids an early start to the holidays on Saturday.At Off The Wallz in Stratford, kids were able to play, meet Santa and receive gifts while mothers had the opportunity to connect with each other.It marked one of the first events hosted by the new non-profit organization, Island Bloom, which aims to help newcomer women in entrepreneurship, public speaking and other life skills.The event was held in partnership with the Island Pregnancy Centre.It was largely funded by the sales of a colouring book, illustrated by Island Bloom\u2019s fundraising manager, Junko Suzuki, who also runs the self-publishing service, The Book Doula.The book contains colourable pictures of places around the Island, such as French River and Green Gables. About 100 copies were sold.Junko Suzuki says along with the colouring book, which features areas such as French River, Green Gables and the Confederation Bridge, she also helped create the logo for Island Bloom. (Delaney Kelly\/CBC)Suzuki said she got the idea from Karolina Khryplyvets, one of the founders of Island Bloom.\u201dWhen the idea came from Karolina about creating a colouring book, I agreed right away,\u201d she said.The opportunity for a free day meant a lot to Charlottetown mom, Kathleen MacInnis. She says it was a special day for her family.\u201dIt\u2019s good to bond with new moms, especially when you feel all cooped up inside and like you just want to get out,\u201d MacInnis said.LISTEN | New organization aims to help newcomer women on P.E.I.:Island Morning10:43New organization aims to help newcomer women on P.E.I.Island Bloom is a new organization aiming to help newcomer women through workshops on entrepreneurship, public speaking and other life skills. Sisters Karolina and Korneliia Khryplyvets join us to talk about what inspired the initiative.Island Bloom\u2019s vice-president, Daria Sur, said she is originally from Ukraine and relocated to P.E.I. due to the ongoing war.She received a lot of support from Islanders during that time, and she wanted to give back.\u201dIt was exciting for me to see everyone here,\u201d Sur said. \u201cYou can see the smiles on the faces of people.\u201dShe said the organization hopes to plan another event in the new year that will likely be education focused.ABOUT THE AUTHORJenna Banfield is an associate producer for CBC Prince Edward Island. She can be reached at jenna.banfield@cbc.caWith files from Delaney Kelly<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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