Making a list for Christmas Is For Kids
BY JANETTE BOULAY FOR THE SUN CHRONICLE
Monday, November 2, 2009 2:18 AM EST
Santa (Howard Bristow) and Mrs. Claus (Georgette Payne) lead the riders along South Main Street in Attleboro as the Blackstone Valley Harley Owners Group held its annual to benefit the Christmas Is For Kids Ride heads up South Main Street in Attleboro. The HOGS later gathered at the North Attleboro Elks. (Staff photo by Tom Maguire)
ATTLEBORO - For local parents who need help providing gifts for their children this Christmas, the Attleboro Area Council for Children might be able to help.
The council is taking applications for its 26th annual Christmas Is For Kids gift drive through which it provides toys and clothing for children in need.
The Council for Children is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing year-round programs and educational support to enrich the lives of children in need and the gift drive is just one of the services it provides.
For those parents or area social service organizations who wish to have their children be recipients of the gift drive, applications are requested to be completed and returned to the Council for Children by Nov. 13.
For each application accepted, the council receives a "wish list" for each child approved to be included in the drive as to what the child would like for Christmas.
The wish lists for approved applications received by the deadline will be published in The Sun Chronicle on Sunday, Nov. 29, the same day the council kicks off the drive.
The wish lists are noted by boy or girl and their ages only, without disclosing the names of the children, and donors are matched with the type of child or children for which they wish to purchase gifts.
Since the Council for Children does not have a permanent space of it own, it depends on the generosity of community supporters each year to provide a space for the drive.
This year, as announced previously by Council President Kelly Fox, the drop-off center for the drive will be at 135 County St., which many Attleboro area residents will recognize as the original Attleboro High School or the former Brennan Middle School.
To help support this year's drive, Fox notes two fundraisers that community supporters can contribute to. One is a toy drive that is being coordinated by Achin's Garage that will be at the Community School in North Attleboro on Dec. 5. The other is the annual hat and mitten drive at the Rockland Trust North Attleboro branch.
Janette Boulay can be reached at 508-222-0993 or by e-mail at
janette.boulay@gmail.com.
