Letter: A special note of thanks for holiday giving (Printed Jan. 4, 2008)
Editor:
It didn’t take long before my office started receiving phone calls asking if food and toys could be donated for the less fortunate families in Arundel and the surrounding communities.
Every year, starting around the middle of October, we kick off our holiday season. I have residents, friends, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, businesses and non-profit groups and agencies calling to donate food and money to help with our Thanksgiving baskets. This year we provided 30 baskets to residents of Arundel. After all the baskets were made, the remaining food went to our local church food pantry.
Christmas was another big holiday success for us. We had a total of 19 families in need of help for providing gifts to their children this holiday season. The town of Arundel is very lucky to have so many generous people wanting to help. Secret Santa is a non-profit group that helps provide gifts to children in need from Arundel, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Residents pick a tag from our Secret Santa “Gift Giving Tree” and purchase the gifts requested. Howard and Ginny Walker along with their family built Congdon’s Float for this year’s Christmas Parade in Ogunquit and Wells. They had a toy drive and all of the toys were placed on the float and then presented to me for distribution to all the children of Arundel who participated in Secret Santa.
I would like to send out a most sincere “Thank You” to Bentley’s Saloon, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Weir’s Motor Sales, Arundel Ford, Red Apple Campground, St. Phillips Parish, M. Welch and Sons, Labbe Excavating, Curlew Brothers Inc, Huston and Co., Free Christian Union Society, Boy Scout Troop 330, Girl Scout Troop 330 and everyone who gave so much this year to make this a special holiday season for so many. I am honored to work for a town that is filled with so many caring and giving people.
I would also like to thank everyone associated with Secret Santa and Elder Elves for all that they do. These individuals donate so much of their time in order to put a smile on a child’s face and the gift of love into the hearts of the elderly. I wish all of you the very best of the coming new year and always.
Wendy Lank
Arundel Social Services
It didn’t take long before my office started receiving phone calls asking if food and toys could be donated for the less fortunate families in Arundel and the surrounding communities.
Every year, starting around the middle of October, we kick off our holiday season. I have residents, friends, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, businesses and non-profit groups and agencies calling to donate food and money to help with our Thanksgiving baskets. This year we provided 30 baskets to residents of Arundel. After all the baskets were made, the remaining food went to our local church food pantry.
Christmas was another big holiday success for us. We had a total of 19 families in need of help for providing gifts to their children this holiday season. The town of Arundel is very lucky to have so many generous people wanting to help. Secret Santa is a non-profit group that helps provide gifts to children in need from Arundel, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Residents pick a tag from our Secret Santa “Gift Giving Tree” and purchase the gifts requested. Howard and Ginny Walker along with their family built Congdon’s Float for this year’s Christmas Parade in Ogunquit and Wells. They had a toy drive and all of the toys were placed on the float and then presented to me for distribution to all the children of Arundel who participated in Secret Santa.
I would like to send out a most sincere “Thank You” to Bentley’s Saloon, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Weir’s Motor Sales, Arundel Ford, Red Apple Campground, St. Phillips Parish, M. Welch and Sons, Labbe Excavating, Curlew Brothers Inc, Huston and Co., Free Christian Union Society, Boy Scout Troop 330, Girl Scout Troop 330 and everyone who gave so much this year to make this a special holiday season for so many. I am honored to work for a town that is filled with so many caring and giving people.
I would also like to thank everyone associated with Secret Santa and Elder Elves for all that they do. These individuals donate so much of their time in order to put a smile on a child’s face and the gift of love into the hearts of the elderly. I wish all of you the very best of the coming new year and always.
Wendy Lank
Arundel Social Services
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