ae experiences real difficulty.

SiHURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1971

fmas Searon will be looking fora’ and cherished part of the . Pearson CARE fund ‘totalled - tributions totalling 17
= i€ - ~ Christmas Tree for the twelfth — sideration. of his. friends, Mr. -“Donationg are coming in
“ The “story : ’ De Pearson hit upon the idea of the from all over B.C. and by the

in, . :
Ho require his enrolment in & friends ‘could be put:to better At first the tree Just flickered each donation ‘and CARE
piull-time Slow Learners class, 05 supplying: fo08 for hungry With light. ‘The years passed _, follows up with an income tax
but certainly to the degree that “neonie overseas. "and the tree glowed. ‘Today the “‘receipt.. Donations for the
could not hope to achleve the "They told their friends oftheir CARE tree stands as a beacon Pearson-CARE Christmas tree

fa passerby, he appears
B completely normal, And, in
B many, -many ways, he is,.
S Physically, Joe can keep up
a with most boys his age. -
™ Emotionally he can cope with
| most of Ilfe’s problems. It is

_THE-HERALD, TERRACE - KITIMAT, B.C.”

Sailors. passing ‘through the. . The Pearscn-Care Christmas. follow the Pearsons’ example. fund has grown each year to the
.C, Gulf Islanda this Christ-, Trée is becoming & traditional That year donations to. the point where, in 1910, 29 on
ghtly Hit Christmas.tree on Christmas Season in. the Gulf. $102.50 which: purchased 2244 made, . Through CARE these
tip of Pender Island: Andit Islands, between Vancouver: ~ pounds of food for needy people. donations were translated into
ibethere. . .-'._ Island and the B.C. mainland, Searching ‘for a ‘demon- 39,679 pounds of life-giving food.
: . _ On December..18 George - -atrative way in which to display  ““This. year we are hdpitig to
. Pearson will ight up the CARE: his appreciation for the con- . top $1,500,” ‘Mr. Pearson said. . Rs

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consecutive year.,

eg ue En Jt all started In 1980 when Mr, --CARE Christmas tree. /" - - beginning of December’ we
of ; Joe "> pearson, now 85 years of age, _ For each contribution to hia already had well over $500,” he
oe > “decided that$12 per year he and. fund he added another lighttoa said. me

P : His wife. were spending on -25-foot tree in his waterfront ga-. Mr. Pearson’ and his wife
doe is retarded, Not enoug - Christmas: cards for their Pde Edith personally acknowledge

ap other More yong to send the money to beaming ils light of hope across fund can be sent to George
-' ““ GARE of Canda for its Food - the sea to needy lands. Pearson, Pender Island, B.C.
Crusade Program. The friends The number and value of The tree will be lit from
underatood and many wanted to donations to the Pearson-CARE December 15 to January 1.

in our
Joe, *. . . .
Each morning Joe walks. to

his local elementary schocl. To

mainly in the area of
intelligence —_- that Joe

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as well as by the school’s |
special education teacher, All
programs are designed to

his ownrate. Failure is avoided
wherever possible. ;

It's not easy for Joe or his
teachers. Sometimes he blocks
on a particular skill and
becomes frustrated. Often his
teacher wishes that she had

more time to devote to him. oe } a —
But, by and large, Joe continues George Pearson, 85, is putting up his every contribution to the Pearson-

to make slow, but noticeable twelfth annual CARE Christmas Tree CARE fund. Donations go to feed
progress, . on Pender Island. A light is added for hungry children overseas.

A few yeara ago, Joe had a
hard time getting along with fe .
other students. He became increasingly bright with new ;
angry when they pointed out-as programs being developed not un
all kids will - that he was only at the elementary level, : .
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