Austin American-Statesman from Austin, Texas • 81

Austin American-StdtesmanAdvertising Section December 3 16 Toll-free number connects Santa with children For the last five years Hillhaven has operated the toll-free hotline 1-800-458-4646 less because it's fun for the kids than because it's good for elderly patients, who might otherwise look forward to a holiday season of depressing isolation and television. "I can't think of a better medicine in the world," says Jim Brennan, Hill-haven's community-relations director, who founded the program. The hotline operates from 1 to 7 p.m. Dec. 8 through 23.

Volunteers begin by attending the one-day "Ho Ho Academy" to practice their "Ho Ho's," brush up on listening skids, practice taking phone cats and get used to requests for Go-Bots, Rock Lords, Puffalumps and other toys that did not exist when they were children. They learn to make no explicit promises. tion have to be ready for anything when they volunteer to play Santa and Mrs. Santa on the Ho Ho Hotline each year. One appearance-conscious girl said: "Bring some hair for my daddy, because he's bald." Santa asked one caller, "Have you been a good boy all year?" "No," replied the child.

"Why?" asked Santa. "Because I'm a girl." By Clarence Petersen Chicago Tribune Service said one young caller, "bring me everything that is included in the children's section of the Sears catalog." "Give my dad a pair of shoes and my mom a dress," said another. "I don't want anything." Elderly residents of 300 Hillhaven convalescent facilities across the na Jiom lib 7 Waiting with your kids COUPON 20 OFF ANY PARROT OR CONURE COUPON PARAKEETS $050 era to see Santa can turn H0-H0 2 EXPIRES 122386 COUPON I mm satmm. mmm. AW into HO-HUM.

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