My goal was to make Christmas and 50th birthday special for my wife. When I told her about the idea I had, she wanted to know if we could make it something that the entire community could enjoy as well. So we gathered a group of friends and decided to have "the Soni Sunshine Snow-Five-O Sugarplum Spectacular Community Christmas Celebration”.

This event will be held in downtown Westminster at the corner of West Green & Maryland Ave on December 4th, from 5-8p. The goal is to bring people together and get everyone in the Holiday spirit. There will be lights, snow, Christmas music, food trucks, characters from Christmas movies, and Santa.

Sonia and I have been so fortunate to have such an amazing network for friends and families supporting us, but that’s not the case for most people. We are raising money for “Help on the Way!”, a fund of the Community Foundation. Help on the Way! was created to help meet the tangible needs — gas, groceries, rent, & repairs — of local individuals who are dealing with cancer.