From: AlanBaggett@volcanomail.com   
      
   Story moves secret Santas to help family : CRA SOTW   
      
   Part 2 of a 2 part story.   
      
   COBOURG - Some members of the local community, along with Revenue Canada, have   
   responded to a single parent's plight, and Christmas now looks a little   
   brighter for a Cobourg family.   
      
   Because of a story published in Northumberland Today last week Revenue Canada   
   has now paid all the back child tax credit monies it hadn't paid Eletha   
   Varrette since the fall to help with the care of two young boys she cares for   
   in her home, the Cobourg    
   woman.   
      
   Before that she had been told things wouldn't get straightened out until the   
   New Year, leaving nothing for Christmas presents for her young charges, and   
   the need to continue to ration food from the food bank.   
      
   In September, after Varrette had cared for the her grandson for seven years   
   and her great-nephew for three, Revenue Canada Taxation surprised her with a   
   letter stating the monthly $900 cheque she was receiving was being   
   discontinued, following an audit.    
   Varrette said she never received the audit paperwork required by the federal   
   agency to maintain the income to look after the children, and she spent the   
   next few months trying to verify, with the help of various agencies and the   
   local MP's office, that    
   she has been caring for, and continues to care for, the boys.   
      
   In desperation, and with Christmas looming, Varrette contacted this newspaper,   
   which in turn contacted Revenue Canada.   
      
   "I received a cheque for $2,083," she said about Revenue Canada's reversal of   
   a September decision to cut the funding upon which she relies each month to   
   care for seven-year-old Dawson and three-year-old John Charles Archer.   
      
   "I know that sounds like a lot," but the bills that need to be paid and money   
   borrowed add up to $1,981, she said in an interview Monday.   
      
   That eats up most of the Revenue Canada cheque.   
      
   So, she said, when someone came to her door over the weekend with a box of   
   food, including vegetables and cereal, it was very welcome.   
      
   Northumberland Today has also received a request from another community member   
   who is helping the Varrette family directly with Christmas presents.   
      
   "It's awesome," Varrette said of the community response.   
      
   Things will still be tight for Christmas, but there will be a celebration with   
   presents for the youngsters and "it's looking better for the New Year,"   
   Varrette added.   
      
   valerie.macdonald@sunmedia.ca   
      
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