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Care. Concern, Compas-
sion. Confidentiality. These
are the four cornerstones on
which the Christmas Bureau
of Huron County's Family.
and Children's Services
(FCS1 bases its
' Last year 222
in-
cluding more than 500
Family Services make Christmas a happy time
Volunteers in five towns
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children, received something , add bright" than
extra to make their
Christmas a bit more "merry
11 might
otherwise have been. Because
of still deteriorating economic
conditions, the Bureau ex-
pects a twenty percent r.
crease in referrals this year
The Christmas Bureau,
staffed by volunteers. has
local committees in Clinton,
Exeter, Goderich, Seafor•th
and Wingham, coordinated
from a central office in
Goderich under the aegis of
the Family and Children's
Services.
The Bureau's volunteer
county coordinator, Audrey
Royal, explained that at one
time, when service clubs look-
ed after needs in their area,
gaps and overlaps sometimes
occurred, resulting in some
families receiving help from
more than one source. and
others being accidentally
overlooked.' Now all referrals
(from FCS workers, public
health and community and
social services personnel,
ministers, service clubs and
concerned individuals) and
all money donations, are sent
to Goderich. From there, a
regional list is sent back to
each of the five centres.
"With this system, we know
where the need is", Mrs.
Royal said. "Suppose Exeter
had a greater need than the
money collected there could
supply, then more money
would come from the central
fund."
Cash donations amounted
to over $11,0(1(1 in 1981, and
more will be required tis
year.
This week December 6 to
11, volunteers in each of the
live towns will be staffing
• depositories to receive dona-
tions of toys, games, gifts:
and good used clothing.
The following week
volunteers in each locality
will be busy packing boxes for
families on their lists. The
lists give the clothing size of
each family's children, and
their toy preference if any.
The volunteers check
through what has already
been donated and make re- .
quired additional purchases.
They are encouraged to shop
locally.
Each child under 16 will
receive a new toy, a new ar-
ticle of clothing, and at least
one pair of warm new
mittens.
When families come to pick
lip their boxes, they have an'
opportunity to choose more
clothing, receive their share
of the food that has been
donated, and the head of the
household is given money to
purchase a turkey or other
vital ingredients if necessary.
CHRISTMAS BUREAU CONTRIBUTIONS - Various organizations have already given sizeable cheques to
the Family and Children's Services Christmas Bureau. Mrs. Allen Johnson, representing the UCW, Liz Bell
for the town of Exeter, Lioness president Beth Jamieson and Lions president'George Godbolt present che-
ques to 'social worker Shelley Walker of the Goderich-centred Family and Children's Services.
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Council makes few changes.
in various town committees
Few changes have been
made in the various commit-
tees operating in Exeter for
the new year.
Jome council members
were shifted to new positions,.
while newcomers fill vacan-
cies created by the few
resignations which occurred
on local boards.
Sue Pearson replaces Stu
llomuth on the planning
board and Kathy Whiteford
will be added to the South
Huron rec centre board to
replace Bill Rose. The latter
remains as a member
through appointment as a
council member this year.
Reg McDonald has been
named to the cemetery board
to fill the position vacated by
20 -year member Ted Wright.
The town's committee
structure is as follows 'for
1983:
Executive - Bruce Shaw,
Bill Mickle, Lossy Fuller,
Dorothy Chapman.
General Government -
Fuller, Morley Hall, Mickle.
Police - Gaylan Josephson,
Chapman, Shaw.
Public Works - Don
MacGregor, Chapman, Tom
Humphreys; Bill Rose.
Recreation - Josephson,
Rose, Carolyn Merner, Gary.
Birmingham, Kathy
Whiteford.
Planning Board - Chapman,
Art Clarke, Dwayne Tinney,
Robert Spears, .Robert
Coates.
Industrial Promotion
Mickle, Hall, Humphreys, Bill
Gilfillan, Jon Dinney, Mike
Soldan, Robert Swaltman,
Gord Nichol.
Cemetery Board - Hall,
Humphreys, Olga Davis,
William Musser, Reg
McDonald. -
Ausable-Bayfield Conser
vation Authority
MacGregor.
B.I.A. - Rose (council
representative)
Fire Board- Shaw, Mickle,
Fuller.
Senior Citizens' Residence
Shaw, Co -Chairman - Doug
Gould and Iry Armstrong.
Employee Relations (Ad
Hoc) - Chapman, Mickle.
Property Standards - Jay.
Campbell, James Russell,
Dave Newton.
Committee of Adjustment -
Robert Russell, Norm Tait,,
Gary 13alsdon.. -
A MOUNTAIN OF MITTS - Lioness Ann Gray. this
year's coordinator of the Exeter Christmas Bureau,
stands, beside.9 pile of mitts; many were knit by Ex-
eilt?t!r , i•lr+at
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In 1981 Exeter cared for the
needs of 71 families with 148
children. The Lioness club of-
fered to coordinate the collec-
tion and dispensing of dona-
tions and gifts for this com-
munity, and are doing the
same this year.
Before. that, Exeter
volunteers working with the
FCS of Huron County mann-
ed a depot in the basement of
the Exeter United Church.
Then Molly Burke, who had
been in charge for six or
seven years, moved out of Ex-
eter, and was out of the pro-
vince entirely from last
November until January. She
was delighted when the ser-
vice club, with its roster of
members available to take
their turns, agreed to take.
over.
The Lioness club moved the
depot to a vacant store on
Main ' Street. So many
beautiful donated toys could
be seen through the window
that passers-by mistaking the
depot for a toystorecame in to
buy, recalled Lioness Liz Bell,
coordinator of the 1981 Exeter
campaign.
This year the depot is at the
Exeter lawn bowling club.
Ann Gray and assistants
Nancy Rooth, - Berdene
Morgan, Carolyn Gilfillan and
Laurie Dykstra are bracing
for a hectic two weeks. The
depot will be open each day
this week from 9:30 to 11:30 in
the mornings, and 1:30 until
3:30 in the afternoon. Toys
.can also be dropped off at col-
lection boxes in the Canadian
Tire Store, the Junction,
Zehr's and Don's Food
Market in Hensall.
Financial contributions
should be sent directly to
Family and Children's Ser-
vices of Huron County, 46
Gloucester - 'Terrace,
Goderich, N7A 1W7.
Each year town merchants
and private citizens have
been most generous. Both
shoe stores have donated
boots and shoes for adults and
children. the dentists con-
tributed toothbrushes) which
are very popular,, other mer-
chants give toys, clothing and
other useful items.
Last year one doctor
brought in seven cases of
canned goods.
Most churches send all
donations received on White
Gift Sunday to the nearest
Christmas Bureau depot.
The Bureau supplies the
wool for local knitters , to
make into mitts, slippers and
scarves. More than a dozen
Exeter ladies have been
nudging their needles since
early November.
Even before this year's
campaign officially opened,
the town of Exeter, the United
Church, Exeter Lions and the
Lioness made sizeable cash
contributions. The Times -
Advocate employees donated
toys and cash instead of ex-
changing Christmas gifts at
their staff party.
Truly, it is more blessed to
-give than to receive. In fact,
being on the receiving end is
sometimes hard to take. For
this reason, the Bureau
carefully guards the identity
of recipient families. This
year the Christmas Bureau
will be assisting some who
need a helping hand over a
'difficult situation for the first
time in their lives.
Others, recipients in
previous years, have turned
around and asked the Bureau
how they can help someone
else. this year. Mrs. Royal
cited the case of one mother
referred 'by professionals to
the Bureau who obtained a
part time job in the interim
and refused to accept
anything, saying others need-
ed it more.
. Although some may feel
this type of anonymous giving
is much more impersonal
than packing..a box in one's
home and delivering it to so-
meone else, the sacrifice of
personal 'gratification •is,
perhaps, the best gift of all.
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