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Shelby-Macomb Kiwanis Step Up to Help Santa Answer North Pole Post
Children can write and send letters to Santa Claus at the Clinton-Macomb Public Library North Branch, Shelby Township Library and Macomb Township Parks and Recreation Center through Dec. 15.
Everyone else may use email, but Santa Claus still prefers the old pen on paper and once again he’s turning to the Shelby-Macomb Daybreakers Kiwanis Club to see no Dear Santa letter goes unanswered.
Partnering with the , and , the Daybreakers are continuing their Letters to Santa program again this year.
Through Dec. 15, local children can stop by any of the above locations to write their letter to Santa. The "post offices" supply brightly colored stationary, envelopes and a mailbox that ships directly to the North Pole.
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“The Letters to Santa program was very successful last year,” said Gretchen Krug, North Branch Manager, in a prepared statement. “We’re happy to be able to partner with the Shelby-Macomb Daybreakers Kiwanis Club to get the children’s letters to Santa in time for the holiday.”
To make the Christmas deadline, the Daybreakers will join the Builders Club and other local volunteers to help Santa respond to each and every letter.
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“We collect the letters in two batches then go to the library on a Sunday after we pick up one batch and address the envelopes and personalize the letters,” said Nancy Nevers, Daybreakers secretary. “We have tight deadlines so as to get the letters to the kids before Christmas.”
Each child who submits a letter will receive back one of eight different letters, with volunteers closely cross checking to ensure siblings don’t receive identical letters.
Each letter contains a generic portion and then a handwritten, personalized part based on the child’s original letter to Santa.
The letter is then mailed to the child in a handwritten envelope.
And for parents worried about that outrageous, expensive or dangerous gift request, the Daybreakers assure the return letters don’t make any promises.
“I think it’s nice for children to grow up slowly and to appreciate the magic of Christmas and what it’s about,” Nevers said. “To me, (Letters to Santa) keeps children, children.”
Student or adult volunteers who wish to help the Daybreakers answer letters can contact Nevers at nancynevers@comcast.net.
Children wishing to write and send a letter to Santa can do so at the following sites through Dec. 15:
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