OPERATION SNOWSUIT AT GENERAL LAKE

 Renfrew County Child Poverty Action Network 

c/o The Phoenix Centre for Children and Families 

130 Pembroke Street West, Pembroke, ON, K8A 5M8 

Phone: (613)735-2374 Fax: (613)735-2378 

October 2013 

Dear Parent/Guardian, 

My name is Lyn Smith, Coordinator of Renfrew County Child Poverty Action Network (CPAN). 

For the past few years CPAN has run a snowsuit and footwear campaign called Operation Snowsuit, the goal of this campaign is to ensure that every child living in our community has appropriate clothing and footwear for our severe Canadian winter. We are starting the 2013 campaign as the weather is already turning cool and we want to be ready before the cold weather hits. We are asking for your help to reach this goal. 

Starting immediately your school will be collecting new and/or gently used snowsuits and footwear on behalf of CPAN. Please take this opportunity to check your closets and donate any snowsuits and/or boots that your child (or children) may have outgrown. Please note: These must be clean and in good repair as CPAN does not have facilities or the manpower to clean or repair these items. We are always very short of snow pants and larger snowsuits boots etc. (men’s and ladies sizes) as our youth also enjoy being warm and dry. New items and/or cash donations are also very gratefully received. 

If you or someone you know is in need help please feel free to call, CPAN can be reached at 613-735-2374 ex 250. Please leave a detailed message. We will need to know: your name and a phone number where you can be reached, the name of the child in need including their snowsuit and boot size and gender of your child/children (we wouldn’t want to give a girls snowsuit to a boy and vice-versa). We have already started taking requests. 

Since this program started we have been able to keep hundreds of children warm and dry, we have always been able to fill each and every request. Last winter we helped 339 children and youth (these included children who had not yet been born, up to 18 year olds). Any help that you can provide is gratefully appreciated, and I would like to thank you in advance for your time, and for any support you may give to this very worthy cause. 

Yours truly, 

Lyn Smith, Coordinator 

Renfrew County Child Poverty Action Network (CPAN