NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS
Christmas Dinners & Gifts
Update as of November 5, 2011
The Neighbors Helping Neighbors kick-off at the Recreation Center Open House today went better than imagined. Sign-up began at 10:00a.m. with 11 Candlewick families representing 29 adults and 35 children. Each child had two gift tags, one for a clothing item and one for a non-clothing item. With these 70 tags, plus the 11 turkeys and 11 dinners there were 92 individual items from which residents could select. In three hours, when the Open House ended, 8 turkeys, 8 dinners, and 67 gift tags had been selected.
Sign-ups for the remaining turkeys, dinners and gifts will continue at the Recreation Center Activity Desk during normal business hours. There is one more family which is still in the process of being contacted and which will add to these numbers, but there is no doubt that all of these families will have a happier holiday thanks to the generosity of their neighbors.
Should you have any questions please contact either Bonnie Marron at (815) 765-2030 or canoe@ameritech.net OR Sandy Morse at (815) 765-2377 or cwlmorse@gmail.com.