Christmas for Kids Helps 44 Families from Nisswa to Jenkins - Pine and Lakes Echo Journal

NISSWA—Christmas for Kids Inc. which serves the areas of Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Jenkins, Breezy Point, Lake Shore and Merrifield, helped bring a Merry Christmas to 131 children and 44 families this year.

Despite heavy snow, volunteers showed up on Thursday, December 15 to wrap gifts for all those children and families at the Nisswa Community Center. In addition to the festively wrapped gifts, families received Christmas meals donated by Schaefer’s Foods in Nisswa.

Members of the Pequot Lakes Middle School Student Council will be shopping for gifts in December 2022 for Christmas for Kids with money raised through Penny Wars.

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Families collected their gifts and meals at the community center on Saturday, December 17.

The members of the Christmas for Kids committee are Cheryl Jacobson, Cindi Fyle, Kristi Lane and Britta Wynn.

Britta Wynn, left, and Jenn Gibbons wrap presents on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at the Nisswa Community Center for Christmas for Kids.

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In addition to those donating gifts and money, Pequot Lakes Middle School students raised money at a Penny Wars event. With that money, representatives of the student council bought presents for Christmas for Kids.

A Pequot Lakes Middle School student shows a receipt from shopping for the Christmas for Kids organization in December 2022.

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