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Vol. 8 No. 19
• free distribution throughout The South Cariboo • february 21, 2014
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Yuletide support appreciated Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre (CFEC) executive director Lisa De Paoli says organizers thank all volunteers, partners and businesses for their assistance with the Touch of Christmas and 100 Mile Christmas Shoebox campaigns in December. “Your generosity in 2013 helped to fill and distribute more CFEC Touch of Christmas hampers and cheer to children and families than ever before. More than 70 families felt the warmth of the Christmas season and wonderful kindness of the South Cariboo community through contributions to the Touch of Christmas campaign. CFEC staff and volunteers dis-
tributed large hampers, including came through in the second food, gift certificates, new cloth- annual event. “We wanted to ing, toys and gifts tailored to the send a big thank-you to all needs of each individual family, who helped out and a huge shout De Paoli says. out to the Farrier Pub “This year, we distriband Grub for its generuted more than three ous monetary donation, times the number of to Lisa Beaubien of hampers compared to Big Lake for the two our first year. It demtruckloads of new onstrates the increasing and handmade items, number of families that and to Barb Lincez of are in need in the South 100 Mile House for knitLisa Cariboo.” ting enough scarves and De PAoli The 100 Mile neck warmers to warm Christmas Shoebox half of our communiProgram partnered with the ty,” says shoebox organizer Lori Touch of Christmas Campaign Fleming. in December. It was a great suc“A yard sale also raised $400. cess and the community really A big thank-you goes out to 100
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