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How Your Donations Are Used
Toys, books and other items at discount prices are bought in advance by The
Boston Globe and stored until November. Toys are selected and packed in boxes
at the Globe's direct marketing facility in Westboro. They are then delivered
to Globe Santa recipients by the United States Postal Service.
100% of all donations by Globe readers and advertisers pay for the costs of the
gifts, packaging materials, and shipping. The Globe donates the labor and
overhead involved in the three basic areas of the Santa Fund: packaging the
toys; verifying the letters from more than 28,000 family requests; and counting
and listing the donations. The Globe also donates the space in the newspaper
used to list donors.
| Families and Children Helped |
| Year |
Families |
Children |
Dollars Contributed |
| 1987 |
24,150 |
54,162 |
$1,058,638 |
| 1988 |
24,143 |
54,477 |
$1,111,896 |
| 1989 |
25,248 |
57,113 |
$1,005,427 |
| 1990 |
29,763 |
66,984 |
$1,079,178 |
| 1991 |
29,054 |
65,954 |
$1,088,362 |
| 1992 |
29,304 |
66,382 |
$1,030,016 |
| 1993 |
28,017 |
63,751 |
$1,052,436 |
| 1994 |
25,489 |
58,121 |
$1,041,630 |
| 1995 |
28,908 |
58,646 |
$1,142,214 |
| 1996 |
20,000 |
46,600 |
$1,090,237 |
| 1997 |
24,157 |
54,706 |
$1,200,000 |
| 1998 |
23,342 |
55,928 |
$1,274,929 |
| 1999 |
22,300 |
50,128 |
$1,354,171 |
| 2000 |
21,958 |
47,462 |
$1,460,008 - Record |
| 2001 |
20,560 |
43,867 |
$1,357,106 |
| 2002 |
26,054 |
56,803 |
$1,356,952 |
| 2003 |
29,157 |
57,668 |
$1,163,942 |
| 2004 |
28,003 |
54,942 |
$1,280,262 |
| 2005 |
28,347 |
55,161 |
$1,061,738 |
| 2006 |
27,833 |
54,077 |
$1,100,356 |
| 2007 |
29,379 |
57,079 |
$1,166,853 |
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