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Day is busier than
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$2,200 surprise
ensures success

THE SPIRIT of the season is at work on the North

Shore. And, because of that, it will be a less bleak
Christmas for hundreds of families.

By NEWS STAFF

There was concern, at the
start of this week, that the
North Vancouver Christmas
Bureau would be unable to
meet the requests for food
hampers or grocery. ccr-

tificates for Chnstmas.

In a time of sharply nsing
demand and seemingly
shrinking resources to meet
that, Jerry Miller and the
Bureau were operating as
much on faith as anything.

More than $15,000 worth
of grocery certificates had

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been ordered and they
weren't entirely sure the
money would be there to pay
for them.

By Thursday the situation
had changed, thanks to a sur-
prise donation.

**I got a telephone call
from the Credit Union that a
rather large donation had
been made by some fellows
who get together occasionally
for a drink,’’ Miller told The
News.

By large, she was expecting
something in the range of
$500. The donation was, in
fact, $2,200, an amount that

Miller says will ensure the
Bureau will be okay finan-
cially this year.

The money will allow the
Bureau to help pay for the
estimated $18,000 worth of
grocery certificates that have
been donated to needy
families.

Now, she says, Bureau
volunteers are at work put-
ting together ‘‘the odd box of

groceries’’ for donation
through the Toyshop
operation.

As well as that, the North
Vancouver Christmas Bureau

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the season today.

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has taken advantage of the
West Vancouver Santa Claus
fund’s offer to help North
Van famiuhes.

Ruth Stout, who has been
co-ordinating the West Van
fund’s activities, does not
mention that.

‘‘It’s been successful,’” she
says of the West Vancouver
efforts. ‘‘So far we’ve been
able to fulfill everyone’s
wishes. We're even helping
others now.’”’

‘*People,’’ she says, ‘‘have
been wonderful. Just
wonderful.’’

That’s a sentiment no

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doubt being echoed today by
Jerry Miller and the North
Vancouver Bureau’s
volunteers.

They’ll be sitting down to
their Christmas dinners after
a busy season of helping
those who are often over-
looked in the bustle of
Christmas.

And, no doubt, there’! be
a special toast to the
generosity of ‘‘some fellows
who get together for an occa-
sional drink’’ for enabling
the Bureau to enjoy another
successful Christmas.

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