C2 - Wednesday, December 21, 1983 - North Shore News

NEWS photos Eric Eggertson

TAMMI ROSS (right) checks out the haul Saturday after finishing a 60-second shopping spree at Woodward’s toy department. Three-year-old Lineke Vankleek (above) correctly guessed the number of cookies in a jar to win the Cookie Countdown contest at Wood- ward’s. Tammi was allowed to do the running for Lineke and brought in $719 worth of Christmas toys for her young friend. Woodward’s donated the cookies to the Food Bank.

CHRISTMAS GIVING Turkeys for cards

SOME COMPANIES acknowledge the generosity of their patrons by sending Bill Inglis, from the clean- Christmas cards, but one ing company, said the company has a better idea response to the idea was this year. great. The company will buy the turkeys from the butcher

Dan’s Rug and Furniture at cost, and they will be

instead, and given to needy

their donations to go (o families on the North Shore.

families with young kids,”’ Inglis said, ‘‘but we said it didn’t matter, so families with older kids could have the same enjoyment. It has real meaning for us.’’

When the employees each

Cleaning has asked_= distributed personally by the deliver turkeys to two customers that instead of sen- staff to 20 families on welfare families on the 22nd, they ding Christmas cards this listed throughthe North Van- will also distribute food

year, would they mind if the money was spent on turkeys

couver Christmas Bureau. ‘“‘Most companies want

vouchers from the North Van Christmas Bureau.

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