A16 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 28, 1994

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THE PHONE’S been dis-
connected and the employees
have moved on.

But that shouldn't be taken as a
sign that Saskatoon-based Christ-
mas Gift Foundation, which col-
lects money for trips for ill chil-
dren, is a bit and run operation.

‘We've completed the program
there for this year,’’ said founda-
tion executive director Valeric
Micucci last week. ‘‘Typically
we’re in a place for a two to four
month period, It’s not feasible to
expect to collect money conslant-
J rae

"She said the foundation will be
back again next summer looking
for donations once more.

It’s arranged for trips to Dis-
neyland for one Jocal boy and a
teenager, each costing approxi-
mately $3,500 for airfare, accom-
modations and spending money.

Those tips are scheduled to
take place next month.

This is the first year the founda-
tion appeared in the northwest. It
was started in Saskatoon in 1992,

“In the not quite two years
we've been in operation, we've
arranged for 37 trips. We’ve also
given tays and gifts for children's

The foundation also arranged
for a helicopter sight-seeing trip
for a third il] young person here.

Before leaving town, Christmas
Gift Foundation manager Norm
Dressel estimated it collected
$16,000 here.

Employces worked out of a lo-
cal mote] using a phone bank to
make the initial solicitation.

And that proved confusing for

Then we explain who we are.”

While Christmas Gift gives
people the chance to donate
whatever they want, Dressel says -
Help Fill a Dream suggests
definite monetary amounts,

“We're helping kids from here
and I question how much money
we would send down there would
be channeled back to Terrace,”’
he said.

Local residents were confused because another
charity with a similar name was also making
phone calls from dewn south.

local residents because another
charity with a similar name was
also making phone calls from
down south.

The Help Fill A Dream Founda-
lion of Canada, based in Victoria,
also collects money for acts of
kindness for sick children.

Dressel said that foundation’s
pitch echoed the one of the
Christmas Gift Foundation.

“We're saying ‘“‘Iet’s get to-
gether and help fulfill a dream.”
It even sounds the same,”’ Dres-

Help Fill a Dream was in-
carporaled in 1986 and has
helped 183 children or young
people since then, including 48 in
the calendar year ending June 30. .

Lea Dragland, its executive
director, said one child in Kitimat
was helped so she could visit her
family while another is going to
Disneyland in November.

“It’s only right that if we are
asking for money from places, we
should be helping children,” she
said.

Dragland added that she and a

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address and the name and address of the next-of-kin, for an

acknowledgement card,

We've slashed prices on all our remaining summer stock!

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Both the Christmas Gift and Help
Fill a Dream foundations are reg-
istered as 4 charity by Revenue
Canada so each can issue tax
receipts.

Under income tax regulations,
each can only spend 20 per cent
of its income for which receipts
are given on administration and
overhead.

The remainder is to go to the
activity the charity promotes.

Help Fill A Dream collected ap-
proximately $221,000 in its last
fiscal year and spent 75 per cent
on helping children, said
Dragland.

The situation is a bit different
for Christmas Gift, says Dressel.

On paper it looks like Christ-
mas Gift had a terrible record in
1992, its first year, says Dressel
who estimated income then was
$180,000.

“Its something like five per
cent. It looks awful, but you have
to remember that it was the first
year,” he said.

This is important as Revenue
Canada grants charilics an ex-
emption on the 20 per cent ad-
ministration limit in the first year
in recognition of set up costs and

“And we had $27,000 held in
trust for kids that first year. You
won't find that written down on
the statement. It went directly to
idds last year. There was an
astronomical change,’ said Dres-
sel.

Statements for Christmas Gift’s
1993 fiscal year are expected
soon,

Authorities recommend — that

those contacted for donations re-
quest a financial statement to
determine for themselves how
much goes to expenses and how
much to the intended activity.

Charities do file statements with
Revenue Canada and it will pro-
vide copies upon request.

That can be done through a toll-
free number. It’s 1-800-267-
2384.

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