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Show Sponsors In Santa Help Are Thanked The Christmas trees are now lining the streets after having given their holiday cheer inside many a living room, the wrapping that adorned many a gift is now thrown away and the calendar calen-dar of another year placed on the wall. CHRISTMAS 1980 is now but a memory, but for 315 Davis County families and more than 1,000 youngsters it will be a brighter remembrance thanks to the efforts of scores of volunteers. "Sponsors for Santa" coordinator, Roselyn De-chart, De-chart, says sponsors came from every walk of life to give a hand at a better Christmas for those a little down-and-out. A yearly project of the Davis Area Community Action Agercy, sponsors included individuals, families, fami-lies, civic organizations, businesses, church groups, military personnel. Scout groups and students of every ev-ery age, she recalls, noting the need was greater than ever for such support. "WE HAD A big increase in the number of families who signed up (for assistance) assist-ance) and had about as many sponsors but more people were feeling the pinch. Our agency did more than we had in the past." She emphasized the big "thank you" the agency wants to extend to all for making the Yule holiday more memorable for so many area residents, tb |
