All - Wednesday, December 12, 1984 - North Shore News

Christmas Giving
IN WEST VAN

santa Claus Fund
equals Christmas

RUTH STOUT has been ready for her own
Christmas since October but it’s not because she’s
particularly fussy about being prepared.

By MARK HAMILTON

It's more because of her
involvement with the West
Vancouver Santa Claus
Fund and the work it does in
helping make Christmas a
true season of joy tor those
who might not otherwise en-
JON tl

“hb keep the month. of
December for Santa Claus
and not much else,” says
Stout with a laugh.

For 16 years, she has been
involved with the charity and
in many ways, she has
become the public face of
the volunteer service that
that matches donations to
the needy through a_ hard-
working core of volunteers

The main task of those
volunteers 1s to collect and
distribute donations of loys,
clothing and food to the
West Vancouver families
that are in need at Christmas
time

Working with the dona
tions of items, made through
West Vancouver = firehalis,
and cash donated to the
cause, the fund group finds
uself increasingly busy each

year

and your ©,

In 1983, a total of 220
hampers were distributed in
West Vancouver and this
vear Stout teels she'll find
about the same number ot
tamilies — of a few more —
requesting seasonal help.

RUTH STOUT
... Jeads efforts

The sttuation she taces
night now, though, does not
offer much comfort for all
of those tamihes

“tes slow.’ says Stout as
she compares this year’s
donations of items and cash
to the record of past years.

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“There are items coming tn
bul “it seems to be slower. "*

Between now and the last
weekend before Christmas,
Stout hopes that situation
changes significantly. Jokes
about the precetved ritziness
of West Vancouver aside,
that community has a need
for a Christmas help service
like any other and it’s a
problem that has worsened
in the recent economic
drought.

Stout is working hard now
to overcome the slow start
Her activities in) the com
munity oser the 16) years
have given the Santa Claus
Fund a high profile and it is
that, as much as anything,
that will determine the suc-
cess of this year’s work

“T’m hoping,’ Stout
adds, “that the schools will
come really through this
year Thesire our
mainstay °

Donations ta the Santa
Claus Fund can be mailed to
Box 9L114, West Vancouver,
V7V 3IN3.

“| know there are so
many demands being made
(for charitable donations)
and there are so many dif-
ferent groups that want
money that u's pathetic,”’
says Stout. ‘‘However, this
is a Christmas project.’

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