Christmas Connections Thank-You
Author: Brett Anderson, Christmas Connections
Christmas Connections Thank-You Brett Anderson, Christmas Connections If you know me at all, you know that I cry at everything. If someone or something touches my heart, I can't help but have leaky eyes and once again, this year the generosity of spirit displayed by Broadwater County is absolutely amazing!!
This year we helped 54 families, which include 246 people!! 132 of those people are children who wouldn't have gotten Christmas otherwise and people within our community shopped for 118 of those kids! Truly, you are all angels to, not only those children, but to those of us running this non-profit as we would not be successful without you. Another group of people who are invaluable to us are the people who are willing to give of their time and money to help us accomplish our mission of getting Christmas dinner and gifts to families in need within our community. In the last week alone, our volunteers and board donated over 175 hours to the success of this event. We would like to thank you all for taking time out of your busy lives to serve those within our community. A special thank you goes out to Monique, Rachael, Nancy, Teresa, Ryeann, Aaron, Ephraim, Simeon, Arthur, Iain, Donovan, Alex, Vivian, Walter, Jamie, Anden, Whitney, Wyatt, Jill, Elaine, Heidi, Connie, John, Jeff, Patrick, Mary, Tayla, Roni, V, Nate, Elder Garmire, Elder Landreth and Diane for being a hardworking angel.
We would like to sincerely thank Reading Leaves for being our center of operations with the Angel Tree and applications. Additionally, we could not operate without Ed and Vivian at the Firehall. Helping us get applications out to our community we have the Copy Cup, Townsend Schools, the Senior Citizen Dinner Club and Headstart to thank. We are so grateful to Big Sky Autism Project and Gayle Watson for letting us take part in the Turkey Trot as a fundraiser. Thank you to the businesses that housed a toys for tots box, you are awesome: Family Dollar, Townsend Hardware and the Legion. We would also like to thank Bob's Supermarket, Helping Hands, Broadwater County Social Services Committee, Full Beli Deli, Mountie Moose Bakery, Toys for Tots of Helena, the Springdale Colony, Steve McMullen, the Senior Center; MT43, Broadwater County News, Shirley Wilson and her sewing circle, and Townsend 4H. A huge shoutout to all the businesses, non-profits and locals who donated money to our nonprofit this year, we survive entirely off of these donations and couldn't do this without you.
We are so grateful for everyone who signed up and applied for help this year. You were all so kind and patient with us this year while we handed out gifts and food.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Broadwater County! Love, The Christmas Connection Board Bret Anderson
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