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Cheer Fund spirit grows DALE BASS

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My youngest son says I lack the Christmas spirit. It comes from daring to suggest we not put up a Christmas tree this year — a foolish suggestion I carelessly mentioned to my husband, who then put it to a family vote at dinner. I lost. Now that his classes at Thompson Rivers University are done for the semester, my youngest spends his days wearing a Santa hat and ensuring the Christmas tree lights are turned on, so I get a nightly reminder, when I get home from work, that I lost that vote. The Christmas spirit is just as obvious here at KTW, with posters on the door announcing the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund, a thermometer painted on the window — thanks, Ken Wells, for your super work — showing the donations progressing up and a steady flow of people arriving to help support the four charities chosen this year.

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The spirit exists in the notes and cards some of the folks and organizations who are obviously long-time supporters have dropped off. For example, there’s the card from Wayne and Twink Murphy, thanking KTW for taking on the Christmas Cheer Fund after the Kamloops Daily News, its home for the past dozen years, closed its doors in January. There’s another card from the Overlander Women’s Institute, telling us about its busy elves who had a successful bake sale at Extra Foods and cooked turkey dinners for Families First and the Babies Head Start programs. The folks at Dearborn Ford invited KTW out to its building on the East Trans-Canada Highway to share in the celebration of its fundraising efforts. KTW publisher Kelly Hall and photographer Dave Eagles went out to thank them for their support. Carole Famage and Trudy Goold, certified Nia instructors in the city, also sent in a donation on behalf of their

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Chartwell Ridgepointe Retirement Residence sales consultant Tracey Thacker (left) and general manager Kimberly Hunka (second from left) present 216 pairs of socks to New Life Mission outreach manager Regan Wilson and executive director Stan Dueck (right). Wal-Mart added 63 pairs of stockings to the 153 others donated by residents and the community during the senior care home’s Socks For Your Soul fundraiser. New Life Mission is one of four charities that will benefit from the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund.

students who held two events in recent weeks as part of their Cheer campaign. This year, the instructors wrote, the theme of the events was The Grinch meets Nia Head On. I get the joy of logging onto the donation website every morning and seeing the names of all the people who have chosen the Cheer Fund to commemorate loved ones, friends and family. They are sharing their Christmas spirit with us because they care about their community and they appreciate the good work all the charities and social agencies do in town. We were only able to choose four of them — the New Life Mission, Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice House and Sensational Soups meal program — from the many that are equally vital to Kamloops. While the campaign officially ends on Wednesday, Dec. 24, the website will remain live until the end of the year for anyone who wants to join our Cheer spirit.

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