It was a very wet, cold Saturday afternoon in Nanaimo but the Island Savings a division of First West Credit Union Community Crew persevered and shared their community spirit and warmth with everyone who dropped by to support Big Brothers Big Sister Central Vancouver Island with their Big Give Clothing Drive. Thank you to Kathy Shaw and Cheryl Curkowskyj who handed out door prize tickets, collected money and helped to serve up coffee and refreshments. Shout out to Big Sister Nikki McLellan who welcomed people dropping off their clothing donations and then helped to rebag items into 10 pound garbage bags. And a mega shout out to Jodi Meldrum who did a little big of everything, helping in all areas of the operation with her great enthusiasm and huge smile! Island Savings support of this event proved to be tremendous. In total our staff brought in 92 bags of clothing of the estimated 154 donated. Wow! So great when you don't let a little rain dampen your community spirit! Thank you to all of the Big Brothers staff, volunteers and community mentors who give back in support of providing friendship and support of our island children.