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Exeter depot of Christmas Bureau opens December 7
The Exeter Christmas Bureau will
be open from December 7 to 11 to
give local citizens a chance to make
someone else's Christmas more
merry and bright than it would be
without their generosity.
The Exeter Bureau, one of five
depots in Huron County, will use
the facilities and volunteers of the
Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle for
the second year. Donations may be
dropped off from Monday December
7 to Friday, December 11 between
the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:(X)
p.m. daily.
Last year 300 families, including
627 children, were served by the
Iluron County Burcau. Although
this year's list is not yet complete,
volunteer coordinator Pauline Lin-
gard expects the number of referrals
will be about the same.
The five depots in the county are
open for the first week to receive
donations, and the following week
clients on the list of the Family and
Children's Services of Huron Coun-
ty come in to do their Christmas
shopping.
"And that is what they do", ex-
plains Jean Sharp, who is managing
the Exeter Christmas Burcau for the
second time.
A mother, for example, may
pick out a toy truck or a construc-
tion set for a four-year-old daughter
who has no interest in dolls. This
also give the mother the satisfaction
of personally selecting gifts she
knows will please that particular
child.
Every child under 16 receives two
pairs of mitts, a new article of
clothing, and a new toy.
Clients may also pick-up items
among the good used clothing and
toys that have been donated, and
also receive a food hamper made up
from from the selection of food and
other household items that have
been brought in.
Jean Sharp has some suggestions,
based on last year's experience when
some articles such as new clothing
were in short supply.
"Think of your own child or
grandchild as the recipient, and buy
accordingly. Something the child
can wear to school after the holidays
is always appreciated", Sharp said.
"For sanitary reasons, we arc not so
keen on used stuffed toys", she add-
ed.
Other suggestions are items like
peanut butter, canned juices and
jams, boxes of cereal, packages of
cookies, and non -edible but essen-
tial hJusehold staples.
"Can you imagine what it would
be like not to have soap or toilet
paper in the house?" Sharp asked.
Good used toys may be dropped
off at Exeter banks, or at any of the
local schools.
Both Lingard and Sharp remarked
on the remarkable community spirit
engendered by the Christmas Bu-
reau. Every year the canning facto-
ry donates cases of its products.
Many local businesses'and compa-
nies give to the Bureau instead of
exchanging gifts among their staffs.
All donations brought to White
Gift Sunday at arca churches arc
passed on to the Burcau. Many ser-
vice organizations give money.
"The United Church congregation
really outdid themselves. We had to
make two trips to pick up all they
had collected", Sharp said.
Lingard remembers being called to
SHDHS last year to accept what the
students had collected.
"That was a beautiful example of
sensitivity and dignity. No-one
knows who is giving and who
might be receiving. There was a
gentle sense of sharing", she said.
Sensitivity and confidentiality are
the two key attributes in the opera-
tion of the Christmas Bureaus.
"We are all here together. Some-
times some of us are down, and
sornetimes some of us are up.
Thcrc but for the grace of God go I.
Helping others makes the differ-
ence", Lingard commented.
Jean Sharp agrees wholeheartedly.
She has seen both sides. A num-
her of years ago her husband, a
highly skilled professional, sudden-
ly lost the job which had brought
him to Exeter.
"But it's not a one-way street",
Sharp pointed out. "To see the
beaming look on the face of some-
one who comes in and says she
doesn't need the food hamper this
year, but will take the milts makes
me happy too."
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Cheques can be sent to Christmas vices, 46 Gloucester Terrace, Gode-
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Family
and Children's
Services
of Huron County
Requests Your Support for the
HURON COUNTY
CHRISTMAS BUREAU 1987
Donations of Toys, Games, Gifts and
Clothing can be left at your local centre:
LOCATION:
DATE:
Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle
Main St. South, Exeter
December 7 to December 11
TIME: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
LOCAL MANAGERS: Mrs. Jean Sharp
Mrs. Dorothy Prouty
Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle
Please direct financial contributions to:
FAMILY and CHILDREN'S SERVICES
OF HURON COUNTY,
46 Gloucester Terrace,
Goderic h, Ontario. N7A 1WZ
Reg. No. 0184-192-01-05
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FOR THE CHRISTMAS BUREAU - Lioness Liz Bell (right) presents a
cheque and some socks on behalf of the Exeter Lioness Club to Pauline
Lingard, Volunteer coordinator of the Huron County Christmas Bureau,
and Jean Sharp, manager of the Exeter depot which will be held this year
in the Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle.
Huronia Choir concert
That choral music -making still
holds an attraction is evidenced by
the ever-growing membership of the
New Huronia Singers. This group
now has 65 members who travel
every Monday evening from such
places as Hensall, Kirkton, Bayfield
and even London to meet for rehear-
sal at Exctcr United Church.
The Ncw Huronia Singers arc a
Community choir in the true sense
of the word. Members of religious
faiths that elsewhere in the world
fight each other to death sit down
together and sing in peaceful harmo-
ny.
In keeping with its community
orientation, the Ncw Huronia Sing-
ers have in the short span of their
existence, bccn actively involved in
many community, affairs. Many
people of the greater Exeter commu-
nity have had the pleasure of listen-
ing to the singers in red, white and
black. The men, despite pastoral ex-
hortations to desist, have added
bow -tics to their ensemble.
Lately the Singers and Our Kids
(well -remembered from last Christ-
mas) have bccn very busy preparing
for their second annual Christmas
conccrt.Dircctor Susan Graham, ac-
companist Julie Eastcrbrook (and on
occasion Ralph Topp) have pooled
their talents to mould a mass
(mess?) of jumbled notes into a
polished performance. The results
will speak for themselves on Sat
day December 5 and Sunday Decem-
ber 6 in Trivitt Memorial Church.
This year's concert will again fea-
ture artists from our own communi-
ty. On the program is Christmas
music old and new, familiar and less
well-known. There is a nicc variety
of adult and children's choirs as well
as instrumental music. Add to this
the pastoral setting of beautiful Tri -
vitt Memorial Church and you have
the ingredients of a jaryous event
that you will not Want to miss.
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