‘TIS THE SEASON

Bureau has hopes for

a merrier Christmas

OVER THE next several issues, the North Shore
News will present a series of articles on the efforts
of North Shore groups to make Christmas a happy
occasion for as many people as possible.

During the series of articles we will look at the
various agencies that get involved in helping the
needy through the holiday season — and what you °
can do to help out.

The series starts today with a look at the North
Vancouver Christmas Bureau and continues Sun-
day with a visit with the organizers of the West
Vancouver Santa Claus Fund.

By NEWS STAFF ;

says Miller, about half of
those would come back with
a request for help.

GERRY MILLER says the
North Vancouver Christmas
Bureau should know by the
end of this week the extent of
the demand for its services
this holiday season.

But she has few doubts
that it will be heavy.

Nearly 1,000 apphcation

Last year, however, as the
recession bit deep into the
economy, there were 628 re-
quests, nearly double the
total from the year before.

The = situation
worse this year.
Meeting that demand —
basic food hampers or cer-

could be

would otherwise not get them
— has become a major task
for the Christmas Bureau.

The job is so big, in fact, in
an area the size of North
Vancouver, that the Bureau's
main role is as a co-
ordinator. Unable to provide
enough volunteers to
thoroughly cover the area,
the Bureau acts as a clearing
house of information as
much as anything — bringing
together the needy and those
who want to help.

The Christmas Bureau also
has connections with other
organizations - such as the
Toy Shop which specializes in
making toys available for giv-
ing, a service that will be pro-
filed in a later article in this
series.

As Christmas approaches,
the Bureau will be operating
out of the North Vancouver
Chamber of Commerce of-
fice at 131 East Second

Street. (Telephone number 1s
985-8612.)

perishable food items, toys,
games and children's books

but not, as stated in a
weekend advertisement,
clothing.

These volunteers will be

looking for an outpouring of
generosity from the com-
munity because of the ex-
pected heavy demand.

**My concern,’ says
Miller, ‘‘is that we may have
to cut the numbers of people
off this time. That has never
happened before.’’

AT
2932 Granville St

A9 - Wednesday, December 7, 1983 - North Shore News

Fire losses down

THE COST of fire loss in
North Van City 1s down well
over a third this year because
of a big drop in arson fires,

in his inaugural address to
councH, Mayor Jack Loucks
said the overall fire loss to
date is $354,544 which 15 a

NMarrison calleries

PRESENTS AN EXHIBITION
BY
DAVID LAM

. Vancouver, BC
(604) 732-5217 732-0911
December 6th -

ALSO

CHRISTMAS SHOW DEC. 13th

North Van City council was
told Monday.

decline of $278,611 from
1982’s total of $633,066.

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12th, 1983

forms have been sent out by
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selection of small paintings
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