Woodbury Churches Band Together for Gift-Giving Program for Less Fortunate
Hosted by King of Kings Lutheran Church, Christian Cupboard's two-day giveaway had a different format this year.
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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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 ›