Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Hosted by King of Kings Lutheran Church, Christian Cupboard's two-day giveaway had a different format this year.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Kris Janisch
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Santa would be proud. The Woodbury community donated thousands of toys for local families this year through a Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf program. The presents were given away Monday and Tuesday at King of Kings Lutheran Church, where food shelf clients also got to wrap the gifts themselves. New this year, clients were able to “shop” for the gifts, a change from previous years when the presents were prepackaged and given away at the Christian Cupboard headquarters at Woodbury Lutheran Church. Leading up to the two-day giveaway, the toys were sorted—for age group and gender—by about 130 volunteers, said Lisa Engh, a Christian Cupboard Board member. It made for an impressive display at the church Monday. “It’s been wonderful,” …
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Friday, November 25, 2011
Cole Shaback asked that family and friends donate to the Woodbury Police Department's K-9 unit for his seventh birthday.
It was Cole Shaback’s birthday, but the Woodbury Police Department got the gift. The Woodbury 7-year-old decided that instead of birthday presents this year, he wanted friends and family to donate money to the department’s K-9 unit. On Wednesday, he presented officers with a check for $250. His birthday is Nov. 18. Two years ago, Cole saw a K-9 demonstration at his school, Valley Crossing, and never forgot it, said his mother, Heidi Shaback. (Cole’s sister Maddy, 8, used her seventh birthday to donate kits for earthquake-ravaged Haiti.) “I was very proud,” Heidi said of her son’s decision. Woodbury K-9 officer Jeff Gottstein said he was impressed that Cole decided to forgo presents to help the department. The money will go into a fund that…
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Christmas Eve fire at Woodbury home had several oddities; family celebrated the holiday with neighbors.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Kris Janisch
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The Edlund family could have let a Christmas Eve house fire get them down. They didn’t. The Edlunds celebrated the holiday with friends as they dealt with the aftermath of the fire, which was odd in more ways than one. “And we’re just his worst clients,” Beth Edlund said with a laugh. While there was plenty of smoke damage in the Christmas Eve fire, the family’s presents came out OK, and once the fire was extinguished they headed over to the home of Jane Ogren, a longtime friend of the Edlunds. “It’s a no-brainer,” Ogren said. “They’re just part of our family. It wasn’t even a question that they would stay here.” Some of the presents were dirty from smoke, but Edlund even put a positive spin on that. “We joked that our presents were …
Kris Janisch
9:20 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Somebody emailed to say I should have mentioned other churches involved. If your church helped with the program, let us know here! more ›