THIS YEAR we have a few more families seeking out help. But, donations have also been good this year. People have been very generous.

Every family has a code number. We then send out cards to the various families and they are given a time to pick up their gifts that are assembled according to that code number.

Anything that has not been distributed the year before is kept and that's how we start off the next year.

Our objective is that every child gets three articles of clothing, three toys and a Christmas stocking.

We encourage people to come to the meetings and we'll see what we can get done. If someone needs help, we will find a way to get it done.

just as we endure personal tragedies, we can endure natural tragedies and collectively we can make a difference to help bring healing to one another.