PACUB launches a Christmas Wish Campaign for children
A Christmas Wish Campaign for children is being launched by PACUB today, Tuesday 9th November 2010. Children are being encouraged to make or buy a Christmas card before November 22nd and write a message in it for An Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD. PACUB will organise delivery of the cards in the run-up to the Budget.
The campaign aims to give a voice to all the children who are affected by the current recession and the opportunity to express in the card what they would wish from the Government this Christmas:
“We know that children are worried from the many sad stories that have been pouring into PACUB,” says spokeswoman Jane Mooney. “Their activities are being cut, their clothes are getting too small and they wonder will Santa actually visit. They notice when the house is cold, when their mother is always crying, when the car is no longer parked outside, when their older brother leaves for a job in Canada.
“They see these things, but who is listening to our children? It's their future that is being decided by the cold calculations of the bond market. And now the only payment that succours our children is under threat again. We're pleading with this Government, do not target our children: Leave child benefit alone.”
To take part in the Christmas Wish Campaign, just send a bought or made Christmas card with your child's wishes for this Christmas to: Carol Haslam, c/o Jenna's Flowers, Main Street, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Please post them as close to Monday 22nd November as possible to give time for them to be presented. Details of the children's wishes can be posted on the PACUB Facebook page, and a selection will be published on the blog at pacub.blogspot.com.
This press release from PACUB was issued today, Tuesday 9th November.
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