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Windsor Goodfellows and Colleen Renaud

Colleen Renaud: "For the last few months, we've seen a 28 per cent increase in people coming in for our help," said Colleen Renaud, general manager of Windsor Goodfellows. "More of those are new Canadians." , according to CBC. The organization said more new Canadians are on the list this year. The Goodfellows are out asking for donations Friday morning at a time when they say the demand for Christmas baskets applications is increasing. The organization only canvasses for three days a year and that money accounts for more than 40 per cent of its budget, which it uses for the Goodfellows Christmas baskets. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.