By Jim Cornelius The Sisters community reached out a helping hand this holiday season, providing gifts and food baskets to Sisters families in need. Failed to execute CGI : Win32 Error Code = 3 Kiwanis reported receiving a little over $3,700 in cash donations, most of which went to the food bank; the remainder was used for the gift fund. The Furry Friends pet food drive provided food for 218 animals among 59 Sisters families. "Everything went well," said Kiwanis organizer Katie Powers. "We had a lot of volunteers. We had people bringing food to the firehall as we were putting things together." The drive got off to a slow start early in the season, but "everybody
just came forward," Powers said, providing ample food to meet the need.
Families applied for the food basket program based on meeting an income
level requirement. The Failed to execute CGI : Win32 Error Code = 3 According to Powers, a local church donated three big turkeys for people with extra-large families. A local contractor brought three bicycles to the firehall to be distributed as gifts. Community members provided a large amount of winter clothing for children through the Kiwanis Giving Tree. According to Sue Durbin, who ran the Giving Tree program, 72 families applied for gifts; 130 ornaments were hung on the tree to be picked by community members. Almost all the requests listed on the ornaments were for warm clothing, Durban said, and there was a "very good response from the community. In addition, there were 15 requests for coats, which were distributed
through the Sisters Rotary Coats for Kids program. Sisters Rotary also led
22 Sisters children on their annual shopping expedition, where children
used $50 each in donated Failed to execute CGI : Win32 Error Code = 3 Some Sisters merchants stayed open late for the event. |
