Local Coast Guard personnel received a holiday surprise last week, thanks to the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival staff.
The festivalâs executive director, Mike Smith, explained that itâs an annual tradition for the festival committee to purchase toys for children of local enlisted families. Gift cards are also distributed to the families.
âThis year, we could not hold a physical get-together based on the status of COVID-19, but we want to make sure families know we remember them,â Smith said. âWe partnered with Meijer, and our marketing director, Annie Lengkeek, went shopping and bought all these beautiful gifts, from Nerf guns to talking dolls.