Santa Claus and Riverdale Immigrant Women Centre at Gerrard St East.

Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund: Many are also living in tough economic circumstances and that where the Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund and agencies such as The Riverdale Immigrant Women Centre at 1326 Gerrard St, according to Toronto Star. East. can help. But now these women and their families, who have immigrated from countries such as Nigeria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and more, are in Canada and their children are growing up in a country that embraces the magical myth of Santa Claus and gift-giving at this time of year. The centre tells their clients about the Santa Claus Fund boxes for children 12 and under, which are delivered every year by volunteers to 45,000 kids in Toronto, Brampton, Mississauga, Ajax and Pickering. This year, 65 children have been signed up for the gaily decorated Santa Fund boxes, says Manisha de Lanerolle, program co-ordinator for Riverdale Immigrant Women Centre, which annually helps hundreds of women and children access a wide range of settlement support and counselling programs, from health and anti-violence issues, to an eight-week Essential Pathways to Employment Program. Inside each box is a hat, mitts, socks, age-appropriate book and toy, a sweet treat and toothbrush and toothpaste. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.