PoWs received care packages from Guelph and beyond for Christmas

During the Second World War, various agencies collected community gifts and delivered them to prison camps Residents of Guelph and other Canadian communities had a special request as Christmas of 1944 approached. They were asked to donate money to pay for food packages to be sent to Canadian prisoners of war being held in camps in German-occupied Europe and Japanese-held territory in the far east. The Canadian PoWs were men who had been captured at the fall of Hong Kong over Christmas of 1941, airmen who had survived being shot down over Europe, survivors from sunken ships, and troops who…