FOOD, CLOTHES, TOYS NEEDS AT CHRISTMAS: ELDERLY MAN COULD USE PAIR OF SHOES, PANTS AND SHIRTS

Mr. L, 67, lives alone but is visited by his daughter, a single mother who has two children.

She tries to offer assistance from time to time but must also attend to the needs of her children.

Mr. L has a difficult time finding clothes that conform to both his body and budget. He could use some pants, shirts, shoes and a warm winter coat. His shoe size is 9 1/2. His pants size is 46 waist and 36 length. He wears extra large shirts.

Other needs : canned foods, paper products, gift certificates to grocery stores, and a fruit basket.

Mr. M is 93 and has colon cancer. His social security checks usually fail to last until the end of the month and he finds that he is unable to buy food.

Mr. M has a homemaker cook for him but often the only food he has is hot cereal. One of his favorite meals is bacon and eggs.

He could use grocery certificates, canned foods, a fruit basket and paper products.

Mr. M also needs a large sweater and help paying his utility bill during the winter months.

He would enjoy wearing wide red suspenders over the holidays.

Through Christmas for the Elderly, a joint venture of the Cape Girardeau County Health Department and Southeast Missourian, Mr. L and M have a chance to soften some of the harshness that is part of their daily lives.

Gifts may be delivered to the Southeast Missourian, 301 Broadway, or the Cape Girardeau County Health Department, 1121 Linden.

Gifts or monetary donations may be mailed to Christmas for the Elderly, P.,O. Box 699, Cape Girardeau, Mo., 63702-0699.

For more information call Kim McDowell at 335-6611.