Share Your Christmas Joy
05/10/2009

<p class="newsc"><img src="/images/usc.www_usc_missions/ShareChristmasJoy.jpg" border="01" alt="Share your Christmas Joy" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" />You can help 
  bring Christmas 
  joy into the life 
  of a child in 
  need. You can 
  help them experience 
  the 
  excitement of a 
  Christmas 
  morning that we 
  in the U.S. often 
  take for 
  granted. Each 
  year The Salvation 
  Army in the Midwest (Central 
  Territory) collects money to be divided 
  equally among the over 100 
  institutions around the world where 
  people living in our territory sponsor 
  children.</p>
<p class="newsc">The funds are to be used to provide 
  a special Christmas celebration for 
  the children living in a Salvation 
  Army children&rsquo;s home or those who 
  are a part of a Salvation Army children&rsquo;s 
  program. Generous donations 
  from people like you have allowed 
  children living in the Bethany 
  Home in Haiti to wake-up to presents 
  under the tree and kids from a home 
  in South America to enjoy Happy 
  Meals and play time at McDonald&rsquo;s.</p>
<p class="newsc">The donations have also made it 
  possible for Santa to make a special 
  visit to a children&rsquo;s home in Bolivia 
  and for the girls at Dehiwala Girls&rsquo; 
  Home in Sri Lanka to receive new 
  clothes and a delicious Christmas 
  breakfast.</p>
<p class="newsc">To ensure the funds reach the locations 
  around the world in time to 
  create a special Christmas celebration 
  for the children, all donations 
  must be received by October 31, 
  2009.</p>
<p class="newsc"><strong>Donations can be sent to</strong>: <br />The Salvation 
  Army<br />Sponsorship Program &ndash; 
  Share Your Christmas Joy<br />10 W. Algonquin 
  Rd.<br />Des Plaines, IL 60016.</p>