The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Area firms have pledged a variety of items to the K-W Jay- we Christmas Foun, dation For The Needy' A community organi- zation's drive to as- semble Christmas hampers for needy families is getting help trom Inca) Santa Clauses, PAGE " - WAYERLOO CHRONOCLE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2t Area firms pledge items to fund drive ST. JOHtrrEy LUTHERAN CHURCH ttii)ftllEfrtiiiyat Ml. tee. 25 - 10:00 am. Carol Service with Holy Communion CHRISTMAS SERVICES Cotortrrrot-tttoor . WMNan. . MW.leonva Io Mmsmmutn YNAY s t “on! ”.010 15.01% 886-3300 22 WILLOW ST. WATERL6tf" - Dec. 24 - 11:00 pm. Danish Service 5:00 p.m. German Service _ 7:30 pm. Family Carol Service 11:00 pm. Carol Service with Holy Communion Oh, Come, Let Us Adore Him, CHRIST THE LORD qu, WATERLOO SYORES FROM coast TO COAST "There is a great deal of competition for a number of worth, while causes," says project chairman Butch Miller. "We're after a fund-raising drive fell short of its goal. Less than 8100 has been raised through private dons tions. AT Dec. 26 10:00 am. Service of Lessons and Carols The Jaycees have co- lected goods ranging from turkeys. hot dogs, coffee, tomato juice, cookies. soft drinks Jo toys. continuing to solicit for funds but more atten- tion is directed towards industry dmtations." Donations can be made by contacting Miller at 884-544. In total. 94 hampers were stocked with all the traditional Christ- mas goodies to be de- livered the following day to many area lami- lies who, without the generosity of the club. might tend to look upon Christmas as nothing The year 1982 will be no different for the Waterloo Young Men's Club than any in the previous half-century. when it has been the ritual of the long-es- tablished but low- profile club to assem- ble with sleeves rolled up to produce food hampers for the needy at Christmaslime. While the state of the economy has generally slowed activity at many factories and warehouses this year, the assembly line.belt at Ontario Seed's l5 Dewitt St. S. location was going full tilt Fri- day night. Rick Campbell As the hampers approach his station, Waterloo Young Men's Club member Mike Johnston (right) loads a bag of apples into the carton, one of many Christmas goodies that will feed a needy family at six Christmas Day Chronicle Staff with sincere WESTHOUNT PLACE WAYERlOO Rolling up the sleeves for needy at Christmas Joyous wishes for a holiday of Love and Laughter .incorv Thanks to all our good friends Currently the club offers bursaries for students at university and supplies play- ground equipment as "Actually." said Wuolner. in his third year with the club, "the way we work it now, the hampers for this year were bought with the funds we raised last year, to insure the costs will be covered." "The economy the way it is has hit us in two ways this year," said Dr. Bill Woolner Friday as some 16 Wa. terloo Young Men's Club volunteers took their spots on the line to load up cartons with turkeys. canned goods, fruits. cookies and so on. “No. l. we've had an increased demand for the hampers, and No. 2, we've found it tougher to ‘get dona, tions to support us. 886-5520 special, just another of the 365 days of the year. The Waterloo Young Men's Club was found- ed in 1921 "for the good and the welfare of the City of Waterloo" and chose Alf Snyder as its first president. In I925 the club turned to proj- ects such as the Water- loo Christmas Tree Committee to handle a Santa Claus Parade each December. com~ "i'd as we hit prac- tically every business in the Twin Cities, places like Mutual Life, Cluthe Plastics, Dominion Lite, they contribute great sup port aid have done so since before I was born." new parks are created, in addition to supplying the Christmas hampers in conjunction with the Waterloo Community Cheer and Welfare Fund. The cost of the hampers is borne en- tirely by contributions from members and do- nations from the gener- al public. 7 WINTER IS APPROACHING nouns mun Inn-09m sum“: mama’s» 66 UNIVERSITY AVE. E., WATERLOO GOLD KEV TRAVEL SERVICES. “'0. The Waterloo Young Men's Club generally meets at 6:30 pm. on the last Tuesday of each month at the Hotel Waterloo. Young men interested in join- ing the club should con- tact P.O. Box 431, Wa, terloo, Ont. Take advantage of Jenna's low’ prices. The Christmas hamper project began in the depression of the 1930's to supply needy persons and those on relief. Through the years the club under- took other projects, im stigating a Saturday afternoon market, pro- viding wilk for needy school children and so on in many facets of everyday living in the city of Waterloo. "We get a few new members each year, and some of our older members have been around 25-30 years," said Woolner. plete with Christmas stockings for all ele- mentary school chrT dren. 886-6200 PW Nu _ tft Rick CW photo B.