During December 1999 Adderbury Scouts once again ran their annual Christmas Card Delivery Service.     £413 was raised for the Troop - £47 more than in 1998.  Around four thousand cards and parcels were delivered.   Adderbury's Post Office looked after two post boxes and door-to-door collections were made on the two Sunday's before Christmas.

As usual we dealt with a fair selection of incorrectly addressed cards, ranging from those without house numbers, to those simply containing two Christian names. We (hopefully) successfully located all but one card which was beyond even us – it was simply addressed "Jane"! The village delivery service also successfully delivered cards to Deddington, Kings Sutton, Bodicote and Sussex, albeit with a little help, and 26p stamps from the Post Office!

Once again Banbury's local newspaper "The Banbury Guardian" was in on the action, calling in the sorting office to take a picture for that week's edition.   Funds raised at the Christmas Card Delivery Service are used to subsidise the Troop's many camps and other activities.