The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-12-17, Page 26PAGE 6A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBFrB.17, 1986
Com {`unit ` News
We're hill of Merry.,.
CHRISTM "'`S IDE,r.,,S
Men's & Ladies'
Denims
® Sweaters
resident of the Goderich Optimist Club recently presented a cheque for $250o n
behalf Good, p
left,are of the skaters:
Alicia
l c to the Goderich
n and Monika S huett and FigurClub. e Accepting
Club cheque, President
rahe Patrick Raftis)
Brenda Graham. (photo by
Postal elves work hard
at helping Santa Claus
are answered like
Once again this year, Canada Post Cor- problem These letters
an
rt is
s con-
poration employees in hundredsof terntOn- the
hlt d t others,
yhe1 ore assistance. Inemany
local Salvation
fices in Huron Divisiondsou_
tario) and across Canada are burning the
midnight oil in an annual " andcwagelesertain o—
Aabor of love: helping
ld
gentleman from the North Pole with his
Christmas correspondence. It's estimated
that more than 80,000 letters Will be handled
on behalf of Santa Claus in Huron Division
this season — up from 60,000 in 1985.
Canada Post has helped Santa answer
more than two million letters from children
(and not a few adults) all over Canada and
"around the world since the Santa Letter Pro-
gram was begun in 1982. The program came
out of a desire on the part of both employees
and management to supplement local ef-
forts that had in some cases been carried
out ost offices, and to
give c years ie cry hesred t he pportunity to
give children everyw
get a letter from Santa. Claus.
Apart from English and French (even s,i�ve:laughed at the unintentional humor
s acusnta recognizes Cann pre bid in at in one letter," relates one elf at the St.
seatus), replins hhvr bang arep Catharines office, "and cried at the wisdom
.
l
Dust , dozen ,tree , Polis , Vi including and yearning for a better world in the
ht next. a
I ve worked until well after midnig
Korea Spanish, , Japa ese an, VietnamesAse, ,
well, re Chinese, aille hsv and n prepaan. ed number of occasions, and I've sometimes
towenure thin ceivin have been prepared wondered whether I would ever find the
n e d not requ re theigi ale sigh from°Santa' time to finish it all in time for Christmas.
need not require the gist oe tight. But I wouldn't trade the job for anything,"
In their efforts to ensure that every child she says.
who writes to the North Pole receives a let-
ter in return before Christmas, Canada Post For more information, contact your locoar
volunteer elves often prepare replies post office or: Richard Bo Huron Divi -
themselves and then send them to the North dinator, Santa 5gr Pro5050, ,, H ron
Pole for Mr. Claus' signature. Dozens of let- sion (Londo ), (who 9-50has0 ext w06. is
ter carriers in Huron Division have donned P.S. Any
child their uniforms to march in local Santa Claus reminded that the magic aHOH s is:
Sand
yanta
parades r collect letters d tom ny carrom ies don't fo get your return aorth Pole, ddress!
young parade goers, and many
• have paid visits to local hospitals to pick up
letters from any small patients who couldn't
make it to the parade.
Teams of volunteer 'correspondence
secretaries' have been formed in offices
large and small throughout southwestern
-Ontario to cope with the annual avalanche of
letters to Santa. of the letters in -
While a vast majority rod behaviour
clude the usual claims of g ear,
and promises to do even better next y
followed by a wish list, a letter occasionally
surfaces hinting at a financial or familial
su e
cases, it involves a call to the
Army, a traditional Christmas organizaton
skilled in responding to the unique problems
associated with this holiday season.
Sometimes, the elves themselves get in-
volved. Stories abound where a collection
has been taken as the result of a poignant
and
letter and a basket of toys, gifts
groceries has obus gof p
d and delivered
by' an anonym group postal employes
the night before Christmas to a surprised
and 'grateful family.
Ask any volunteer elf what it's like to help
Santa in this manner and one will learn that
the work is sometimes long and it often
takes a sharp eye to untangle a name and
address from childlike scrawl — but the
rewards are well worth the effort.
1114101r, Alde
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To all our wonderful friends and
patrons, we extend best wishes.
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very best wishes for a
letter perfect
Christmas holiday.
Sincerely.
Maureen, John
and Harold
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