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The pages of today's paper, you will see a list of donors to this year’s sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Christmas Fund. It’s a substantial list, even if it does not include every name of every donor. And it is only the first of several such lists this year.

For the past 19 years, the Mustard Seed has made the holiday season brighter for Tanya Dawson and her family.

The total in your sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Christmas Fund reached $537,000 on Monday, an amazing achievement in less than a month. But let’s not forget – this is not about money, or numbers. It is about people, the less fortunate ones in our community.

We couldn’t rest on Saturday, the day after the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Christmas Fund reached $500,000. Another $13,000 was donated, so it was back to work.

No team, no dream. That’s how singer-songwriter Tom Jackson describes the collective effort that brings the Huron Carole to life each year.

Longtime roofing-company owner Wayne Massey donated $5,000 to the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Christmas Fund this year in what has become a tradition that’s now in its 14th year.

A cool half-million dollars. $500,000 to help people who are less fortunate than most of us. More money than the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Christmas Fund has raised in its 65 years of making life better for those in need.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Christmas Fund reached $479,800 Thursday, and it will help to make Christmas better for those less fortunate in our delivery area.

Your sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Christmas Fund reached $456,800 Wednesday, 65 per cent of the way to the goal of $700,000 by Christmas Day. The money raised is used to make Christmas a bit better for those less fortunate in our delivery area.

A loss for the annual sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ book sale turned into a gain for the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Christmas Fund.