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Santa Claus Fund surpasses $1.6 million target

The Star’s Santa Claus fund raised more than $1.6 million in 2010 after the fundraising deadline was extended by a week.

Perkins: Mort Greenberg still showing us the money 40 years later

Toronto Star assistant managing editor Alison Uncles accepts a contribution on behalf of the Star's Santa Claus Fund from Mort Greenberg for the Sportsmen's Corner in honour of Jim Proudfoot. Uncles holds a photo of Greenberg delivering a smiliar contribution to Proudfoot in the early 1970s. Greenberg managed to raise $8,000 this year. Longtime contributor to Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund drops off cheque for $8,000.

Santa Claus fund deadline extended

Carmen Llanos, left, and wife Raquel Benitez, both originally from Spain, helped deliver Santa Claus Fund packages to families this year. One Spanish-speaking single mother of two children called the couple her "angels in Spanish." Determined to meet its target, the Star has extended the deadline for donating to the Santa Claus...

Santa Fund boxes highlight of kids’ year

Mahum Mohiuddin, 6, shows off gifts she got in her Santa Claus Fund box this year. She and her four siblings - Sharmeen, 14; Kinza, 11; Hiba, 9; and Abdul Rahman, 8 - say they wait all year for the day their gift boxes arrive. Meet one family that says they wait all year for their Santa Fund gift boxes. "I feel bad for the people who don’t get these gifts," says 11-year-old...

Young Santa Fund donors give rock-solid reasons to chip in

Students at St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School in Markham have donated to the Santa Claus Fund for several years running. This year they are challenging other schools to do the same. Students at St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School in Markham have issued a challenge to others to...

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The Star thanks all of the donors and volunteers who helped make the 2010 Santa Fund a success.

Goal: $1,600,000
Amount raised: $1,628,277

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