Dear sir:
I am writing with regard to the “Christmas Angels” program being administered through Family and Children’s Services here.
This program, which currently is set up in a local department store, collects donations of toys, which enables the agency to provide gifts to foster children throughout the district.
Last week as I was choosing my “angel,” I overheard a few shoppers commenting on the ages of some of the foster children—some being 18 or 20 years of age.
Truthfully, I’m not entirely certain of the legalities and circumstances of why these young adults remain under the supervision of the agency, although those reasons are, in themselves, incidental.
All that matters is many of these young adults, for whatever reason, have no family and very few have someone to spend the holidays with.
Think about it. No matter what our age, the thought of anyone spending Christmas alone is enough to even make the hardest heart among us soften with care.
It is just through fate, luck, or a series of fortunate conditions that we don’t find ourselves walking in those shoes.
A true gift from the heart is blissfully unaware of the age of its recipient.
Yours truly,
Robin Kellar
Fort Frances, Ont.
Fort Frances Times
Local News from Across the Rainy River District
