Santa Claus Girls

Welcome
to the
Santa Claus Girls of Kent
County, Michigan. It is the goal of the
Santa Claus Girls to see that no child in
Kent County is without a gift on
Christmas morning.

11 January 2013
Today's total $7,555.00
Total to date $210,605.76
Amount asked $190,000.00
Amount Over $20,605.76

Thank you all so much
for your contributions.

You've made it
another wonderful
year for the children
of Kent County.

Registration Line: 1-800-806-7496
Main Office: 616-787-0029
Fax line: 616-787-6725
Driver Line: 616-787-0026

Please refer to Contact Us for monetary
donations, or
DONATE WITH PAYPAL!
click here for PAYPAL donations.
Also please fill out the "notes" section for
what you want in the GR Press, when
making a paypal donation.

Note: If you would like your
donation acknowledged in any
particular way please click on the
"NOTES" section when making your
Paypal donation to enter the text.

Also: All credit card donations
received by Friday evening, will be
acknowledged in the following
Tuesday's Grand Rapids Press.

Back again !!!
Barnes & Noble is
donating a tremendous
amount of books for our
young readers, read the
write up from previous
years.

Barnes & Noble
Customers Share the Gift
of Literacy Through
Annual Holiday Book
Drive

Grandville, Michigan, November

Barnes & Noble, located in the Rivertown
Crossings Mall, invite customers to share
the joy of reading with the launch of its
annual Holiday Book Drive. The book drive
begins on November 1 and continues until
January 1, 2009. The store's booksellers
and managers selected this year's book
drive recipient. The Santa Claus Girls will
be the recipient of the locally donated
books, and they will have the books
delivered to the children of Kent County.

The Santa Claus Girls (santaclausgirls.org)
is a 100% volunteer organization that
serves as a distribution network for gifts
during the holidays. With the financial
outlook a little tougher for all this year,
JoAnn Thome, a 20-year Santa Claus Girl
veteran, stated that the need for books is
the greatest they have ever seen. All
donations stay within Kent County and
over 12,000 families will be served.

Last year's book drive recipient was the
new Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming,
Michigan. Over 2300 books were donated.
The books are to be given to every child,
whether or not a patient, that goes to
the hospital. Metro Health employees
have been very enthusiastic about the
gift of literacy, which keeps children
occupied while they, or family members,
are treated at the hospital.

For further information on how you can
donate books please contact the Barnes
& Noble Rivertown Crossings Mall store.
Ask for Linda, the Community Relations
Manager, at 616-531-5875. Corporate
donations of funds for books are welcome.

Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world's largest
bookseller and a Fortune 500 company,
operates 796 bookstores in 50 states.
The company is the nation's top
bookseller in quality, and for the fifth year
in a row, the top bookseller brand. Barnes
& Noble Inc. will donate 100,000 books to
their Literacy Partner: First Book.