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Church volunteers in Germany provide musical entertainment for the elderly at old-age homes, and during the winter Scientologists provide warm clothing, food and hot drinks to the homeless in Hanover, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf. Volunteers in France also regularly distribute food and clothing to those in need, while in nearby Belgium, local Scientologists supported an annual 24-hour bicycle race raising funds for cancer research.
At Saint Hill in Sussex, site of the Church of Scientology’s headquarters in the United Kingdom, Scientologists hold annual fetes attended by some 2,000 people each year, to support charity organizations such as the Royal National Lifeboat institute and the Youth Trust, a national organization to keep children off drugs.
Scientologists in Ottawa and Montreal team up with local law enforcement officers and fire fights for annual toy drives and caroling for underprivileged youth and residents of care centers. The Church is an active fund-raiser, joining forces with the Canadian National Hockey Team for various charities, including the Cerebral Palsy Association.
Honoring a long tradition of helping the needy, and particularly children, over the Christmas holidays, Scientologists help spread Christmas goodwill in cities all over the world. From California to New York, Scientologists in the United States collect food and gifts to cheer the holidays of those in need.
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