Dear fellow Hanoverians,
If you have lived in Hanover for any length of time, it would be hard to not know the awesome Blumberg Family. Besides being big Hanover Foundation folks, music program supporters and generous jewelry store owners, the kids are record-setting Girl Scout cookie sellers and now Make a Wish letter-gatherers. I am pleased to bring you this recent letter from college student Ashley Blumberg and her community-minded family:
I would like to invite all of our townspeople to come to the Hanover Mall and participate in a very worthwhile cause. The Make-A-Wish Foundation will receive a $1 donation for every “Letter to Santa” written and delivered to Macy’s before Dec. 24th. Through their Believe Campaign, Macy’s has agreed to donate up to
One Million Dollars
to this nonprofit organization. The average “Wish” granted to children with life-threatening medical conditions costs approximately $6500 and over 300 wishes were granted last year. The goal for 2009 is 350 wishes, so we need to get those letters written.
Please Write to Santa and Make Wishes Come True!
I will be setting up a table by the Photo with Santa display in the center of the Mall to help generate the letter writing, collect the letters, and increase the total donations from Macy’s to Make-A-Wish as part of my college service project. I am hoping our classroom teachers and Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troop Leaders will do this simple writing exercise (2-4 sentences) and make writing a letter to Santa into a lesson for giving to others. Please stop by the Make-A-Wish table beginning this Wednesday, December 17th between 3:00PM and 8:00PM weekdays and 10:00AM to 6:00PM on the weekend to write a letter or drop off letters written at home. Forms for letters may be downloaded using the attached template or any sheet of white paper will do. No stamp is needed! Please write those letters to Santa and stop by the Make-A-Wish table before the 24th! See you at the Mall!
If any students in town need service hours and would like to help man the Make-a-Wish table at the Mall, they may contact me at ablum119@regiscollege.edu .
Thank you in advance for helping to make wishes come true.
Ashley Blumberg
Tell Santa why you’re one in a million!
Get your crayons, pencil or pen. Write your letter here, and bring it to the Hanover Mall addressed to Santa at the North Pole. Make sure you drop it into our special Santa letterbox. We’ll count them up, and for each letter received, Macy’s will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® up to $1,000,000. Then, we’ll bring them to the Post Office for mailing to Santa, and together, we’ll collect a million reasons to believe.
Dear Santa,
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Sincerely,
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For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B