Charity Collection Exceeds Expectations
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The collection was organised by the Finnish Broadcasting Company's Morning TV and Radio Suomi together with the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, the Red Cross and the Kesko retailing group.
This year's collection amounted to 23,000 euros more than the previous year. Individual gift 60 euro vouchers will be sent out to some 10,000 families.
The vouchers have been given to low income families with at least one child under the age of fifteen. Unemployment, illness, financial indebtedness are among other factors considered.
No Major Accidents on Christmas Eve Christmas Eve was mainly a peaceful celebration throughout the country this year. In Vantaa, three people were taken to hospital after their car went off the road. No other major accidents or fires occurred, according to police and rescue departments. However police did make more house calls than on a typical weekday night. YLE