ats

a ACH YEAR
XX Christmas giv-
ing leads to
mounds of
toys, games,
gadgets and garbage.

Almost anything you buy
will have an impact on the en-
vironment, so the best gift you
can give, from the Earth’s
standpoint, is less. Giving less
entails giving thoughtfully.
Here are a few ways to prac-
tise waste reduction and green
giving.

Reduce the amount of mate-
rial things you give. Give your
time instead. Offer to walk
dogs, watch children, or read

A giving

From page 29

has had a long-standing rela-
tionship with the Christmas
Bureau is the North Vancouver
Fire Department.

In addition to housing
donation drop-off boxes at the
five fire halls, firefighters
assist the bureau by personally
coliecting and delivering com-
munity donations from resi-

-dences.

Members of the fire
department made an appear-
ance with Santa Claus at
Waterfront Park on Dec. 4, at
an event organized by North
Vancouver’s Recreation
Commission.

The Recreation Commission
staff have also organized two
other carol ship fundraising
events on Dec. 12 — at Cates

- Park at 8 p.m. and at
Panorama Park at 8:30 p.m.

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to a sick or elderly friend.

If you have talent for sew-
ing, make cloth shopping bags
or home-made dinner napkins.
If your talents lie in the kitch-
en make home-made treats,
jams, jellies, fudges, or
home-made cookies. Pastries
are always a big hit. Or you
could provide a collection of
your favorite recipes.

Give environmental gifts
such as bird-feeders, bird
baths, or a bird book. Give a
subscription to a gardening,
environmental, or wildlife
publication. Several en-
vironmental organizations of-
fer citizens the opportunity to
assist in saving other parts of

— to celebrate the Christmas
season.

As with the Waterfront Park
festival, food and toy dona-

’ tions boxes will be on the park

sites, and all of the proceeds
coliected from sales at the fes-
tivals will be given to the
North Vancouver Christmas ~
Bureau.

Charitable giving comes
naturally to members of North
Vancouver’s 118 Royal Cana-
dian Legion. According to
David Fike of the Legion,
veterans are committed at
large.

A‘New Year’s day Polar
Bear Swim is one event that’
legion members have organized
to raise money for the
Christmas Bureau.

The tradition began five
years ago as a contest between
the Legion and the Army,
Navy and Airforce Veterans
Unit 45 to see which club

the planet by buying parcels of
rainforest.

Just as you think about the
gift, think about the wrapping
to avoid overpackaging. Check
if it is necessary to box the gift
before wrapping it. Try wrap-
ping gifts in reused paper, or a
scarf or atea towel, or put it in
a basket or a bowl.

Make o7 buy cloth bags.

Christmas is an ideal time to
introduce your family and
friends to the idea of en-
vironmentally friendly gift-
giving. The choices you make
can significantly reduce the
amount of waste your house-
hold produces over the holiday
season.

tradition in polar swim

could raise the most money in
pledges for the Christmas

Bureau. Each year a trophy is
awarded to the winning team.

Today the event has been
named in honor of Ron
Ferguson, a Legion member
who died in 1991. Ferguson,
along with another member
Gary Croft, was instrumental
in getting North Shore labor
unions involved in the pledging
process and the actual swim.
Last year the clubs together
raised $5,420 for the Christmas
Bureau.

It is because of these sup-
portive community groups that
the North Vancouver
Christmas Bureau is successful
each year.

For more information about
how Individuals or organiza-
tions can assist a family at
Christmastime, call the North
Vancouver Christmas Bureau”
at 984-XMAS (9627).

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