Show j Can Cali You Yon Assist Someone At Xmas Christmas Time is family time tune but a Merry Christmas is very dependent upon your resources and the families referred to the South Davis Community Council Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas Giving Program do not have the resources to have a aI aMerry aMerry Merry Christmas I SO FAR 39 families and one Senior Citizen have been registered registered reg reg- with the South Davis Christmas Giving Program and more are referred each day The families vary in size from nine children to toone toone toone one lone child So far sponsors sponsors sponsors spon spon- sors have volunteered for only 28 of the 39 registered families fam fam- A number of the families referred this year are from the working poor who manage to eke out a daily existence but have no money for emergencies emergencies emergencies emer emer- or Christmas The family wage earner very often often of of- ten does not possess the Of-j Of skills and training to get a higher paying job SOME OF the families are mothers and children whose fathers have just dropped out of sight to let their families I manage for themselves I A new kind of family needing needing need need- ing g help the past few years I is the young mother with a I I small child who married too young to a boy too young and i too immature to face the responsibilities responsibilities responsibilities re re- re- re I of a home and I parenthood Both were too I II I young to have acquired the I needed skills to make a decent decent de de- de- de I cent living I II I I SANTA CLAUS will not come cometo to visit the homes of the children children children chil chil- I dren of these unfortunate families families families fam fam- w unless South Davis residents residents reslI resi resl- I dents are willing to open their their- hearts and sponsor a family The South Davis Community Council has set minimum guidelines in helping a family They are 1 a ago good 0 d Christmas dinner plus some extra food for the holiday week 2 a Christmas tree I a few ornaments if the family family family fam fam- ily doesn't have them 3 one new gift for each child either toys or clothing Desirable Desirable Desirable De De- De- De extras would be clean used clothing in good repair and used toys that work Many sponsors do much more for a family and they are welcome to do so if they have havethe havethe havethe the resources The South Davis Christmas Giving Program is primarily for the benefit of children However occasionally adt adults ts tsin in special unfortunate circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances are accepted This year a Senior Citizen who is j housebound and on crutches I because of a leg injury has hasI I been accepted I I TI THIS S LADY is 67 years of age and lives alone She has hasa a low income and her television television tele tele- i vision set which has been her only link with the outside world has been declared unfixable unfixable unfixable un fixable If someone somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- someI I where has a used television set which is just sitting I this wound wOUld certainly brighten the daily existence of this little lady Checks should be made payable payable payable pay pay- able to the South Davis Community Community Community Com Com- Council and mailed or brought to 38 East South MRS ALICE J. J Johnson Executive Secretary for the Council can be reached at on Mondays Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednes Wednes- days and Fridays Call Mrs Johnson if you are able to sponsor a family J ti |