Woodbine Announces 2015 Holiday Parade Winners

WOODBINE – Woodbine’s Dec. 12 holiday parade was favored by unseasonably warm weather and an ever enthusiastic audience.
It was nice to see the community come out and respond to the Christmas parade and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies,provided by the Fire Department. The children enjoyed meeting Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, taking pictures, and receiving a gift, candy canes which also came from the firefighters and stuffed animals for the youngest, courtesy of the Woodbine Recreation Commission.
Woodbine Elementary School’s “marching band” joined various fire and rescue vehicles and other participants and were followed by a un-flashing Reindeer, who distributed candy contributed by the Woodbine Recreation Commission.
After the parade all joined Santa and the Mayor in lighting the tree, the gazebo lights, and the whole park-like pavilion area.
Everyone then headed over to the Fire House for chocolate cookies, candy canes, hot chocolate, and a visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Trophies were awarded for:
Best Appearing Fire Company:
1^st Place-Goshen Fire Company
2nd Place- Sea Isle City Fire Company
Best Appearing Rescue Squad:
1st Place- Sea Isle City Rescue Squad
2nd Place- Upper Township Rescue Squad
Best Appearing Float:
1^st Place-Middle Township Ambulance Corps
2^nd Place-Raff Recycling
Best Appearing Marching Band:
1^st Place-Woodbine Elementary School
2^nd Place: Middle Township Ambulance Corps 
Woodbine Municipal Alliance had a table to distribute materials concerning their drug & alcohol abuse prevention work in the community.
“I thank our volunteer fire department for sponsoring this event, and I thank Mother Nature for providing such unusually delightful weather. I was also delighted to see our Borough CFO Jack Miller’s daughter Stephanie celebrating with us despite just having arrived home for her first college winter-break only the evening before.” added Mayor Pikolycky. “I congratulate the trophy winners from our 2015 annual holiday parade and also congratulate our own Fire Department for its first-place win in the Sea Isle City parade”