We received six more letters bring our current total to 25 letters putting smiles on the faces of 63 children. Keep those letters coming!
The Santa Claus Fund provides gifts to Children ages 6 months to 13 years as of Dec. 25, 2018. The children must physically reside in the towns of Brunswick, Harpswell, Orrs and Bailey Islands, Litchfield, Topsham, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Richmond, Woolwich, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Bath, West Bath, Phippsburg, Sebasco and Popham.
The custodial parent or legal guardian is the only person who may apply. The address for applying is the P.O. Box listed below. If you know someone who could use some help, please share this information. To receive assistance, both the children and the adult must be legal residents of a town in our distribution area. Only one letter will be accepted, so in the instance of split custody where parents live in different towns, the town where the child attends school will be used to determine which parent may apply. If you have a question regarding this policy, you may call for clarification. The telephone number to the Santa Claus Fund is (207) 751-6385.
We are now accepting applications and all applications must be postmarked by December 10th. Our Elves will begin packing on Monday Dec. 3, so box numbers will be available shortly after that date. We try to fill the applications the day after receipt, so after Dec. 3, please call a few days after mailing your letter for your gift box number and pickup location. We will also attempt to reach you, but will not leave a message with a child.
Each letter must include:
- The name and physical address, as well as a daytime telephone number of the adult applying. If we have any questions, we will call for clarification. A Post Office Box address will be rejected.
- The first and last name of each child, gender, age and date of birth must be included. No exceptions! We ask for gender as not every name is exclusively a boys or girls name. Elves do not want to be embarrassed for their gift selections and make every effort to make every child happy.
If you would like to make a donation to the Santa Claus Fund Monetary donations may be sent to:
The Santa Claus Fund
P.O. Box 278
Brunswick, ME 04011
Donations of new toys, games, hats, mittens, gift cards or cash may be brought to the Brunswick Elks Lodge at 179 Park Row in Brunswick or the Bath Elks Lodge at 9 Lambard St. in Bath. Just ring the doorbell and someone will assist you. All donations will be published in The Times Record in the manner you wish: by name, in memory of a loved one or anonymously. The Santa Claus Fund is a 501(c)3 organization so your donations may be tax deductible as applicable by law.
Since last publication we have received the following donations: Memorial Post 2197 $100, Phil Hart donated three bags of toys.
Stay tuned for more news from The Santa Claus Fund.
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