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B.C. mom organizes holiday toy exchange to help parents fight inflation

Families are feeling pressure this Christmas amid rising costs, says toy swap organizer
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Semiahmoo Peninsula families participated in a toy exchange this year amid rising costs, to ease the financial burden of extra spending that usually comes during the holidays. (Unsplash photo)

Amid the rising cost of seemingly everything in B.C., a group of South Surrey parents got together this year to do a leave-one-take-one toy exchange to help ease the financial burden of buying holiday presents.

Kelsey Findlay has been a part of a mom’s Facebook group for years, but noticed a trend in the last few months that she had not seen in the Semiahmoo Peninsula group before.

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Sobia Moman

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Sobia Moman is a news and features reporter with the Peace Arch News.
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