There are 50,000 gift boxes in an Etobicoke warehouse, ready to go out to Toronto area kids for Christmas. This week they will be sent to depots across the GTA where the Star's Santa Claus Fund volunteers distribute them just in time for the holidays.
There are 50,000 gift boxes in an Etobicoke warehouse, ready to go out to Toronto area kids for Christmas.
It takes an organizational and logistical miracle to make it all happen. Frank Salerno is the warehouse supervisor, overseeing the 35,000-square-foot operation for three months of the year. From there, the “shopping” stage begins. Workers are handed labels with the names and ages of children supplied by social service agencies. They collect the boxes and label them carefully . Boxes going to the same house are stacked and strapped together before they are placed into new piles divided by postal code.
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