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OPERATION SANTA CLAUS ANNUAL REPORT 2008
The purpose of OSC is to provide Christmas gifts and greetings to all CF personnel serving abroad on deployed operations and to personnel stationed at CFS Alert during the holiday season. This program is intended to bring a taste of home to our soldiers at Christmas time as well as remind them that they are remembered at this special time of year.
DONATIONS
Operation Santa Claus could not operate without support from our donators.
A total of 57 donations were made to Op Santa 2008. There were 12 cash donations and 45 were product in kind.
One of our largest and most anticipated donations comes from SISIP and CANEX. Since 1998, they have provided a duffle bag/backpack for every OSC parcel.These backpacks can be seen being carried by our soldiers on every base across Canada.
Another large donation comes from Logistik Unicorp. For the last three years they have supplied golf shirts for all deployed members.
Cash donations have come from service groups and companies such as:
- The Kingston Civitan Club
- Sears Canada’s
- Op Wish Program
- 543 Wingham Valiants Air Cadets
- Walmar Atlantic
- Petro Canada
- National Smokeless Tobacco Co.
- St. Michaels Church Group
- Angus Christmas Parade and Westman
We wish to thank the following donators for their outstanding support to Operation Santa Claus ‘08. Without their support Operation Santa Claus could not continue to function.
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2008 SURVEY FEEDBACK
A survey form accompanies every OSC parcel. Below are some of the comments that were returned from our soldiers.
Comments
- excellent variety
- very impressed
- never seen such support
- amazing, best Christmas package ever
- outstanding
- huge lift for us
- made my day
- well organized activity
- amazing effort and care truly outstanding
- warmed our hearts
- fantastic
- loved all of it
- thank you for giving us such a wonderful Christmas
- we are the envy of all the other nations and had enough goodies to share with them
- NATO friends were envious
- lifted our spirits
Survey Suggestions for next year
- reading material
- hand held games
- toiletries
- coupons for burger king
- shower sandals
- coffee mug
- hand cream/sanitizer
- juice crystals
- towel