Pat Orr Chairman, North Vancouver Christmas Bureau “This is a wonderful opportunity for our community to share its abundance with others. With the help and support of the North Shore: News, fet’s make this Season the best ever!” 50 ~ Sunday, December 4, 1988 - North Shore News In cooperation with these charities, the North Shore News and _ local businesses listed have pitched in to make it as easy as possible for you to help. We have tried to spread the suggestions for hamper donations* Canned Fruit and Vegetables Canned or Bottled Drinks Canned or Powdered Milk Canned Meats and Fish; i.e., Bacon, Prem, Chicken, Tuna, etc. Tea and Coffee Hot Chocolate Cranberry Sauce Pickles Nuts and Candy Christmas Cake and Shortbread venly across the North Shore. Below, we have suggested items that will help enable needy parents to set aside money for gifts for their children this Christmas. Soups, tinned or dehydrated Cake or Cookie Mixes Pudding, Biscuit Mixes Peanut Butter, Jam, Honey, Syrup Crackers, Cereals Sugar (white or brown) Flour Spaghetti, Noodles, etc. Potatoes, Rice Mandarin Oranges Christmas Napkins, Tablecloth *No perishables, please. Donations by cheque to the N.V. Christmas Bureau or the W.V. Santa Claus Fund will be gratefully accepted. Christmas F'ood Depo help us help the needy — leave your donation Ruth Stout Chairperson, West Van Santa Claus Fund rr; The strain will be greater than ever on our resources this year. We hope to have enough volunteers to pick up donations, but we need the donations first. i want to thank the North Shore News for alt of West Vancouver. It is such a simple idea, and it couldn't have come at a better time. It’s a truly public spirited gesture on their part.”