COVID-19 canceled many Clearfield County events this year but one found a way to continue helping others by providing free hot meals and gifts for those who otherwise might go without.
The 25th annual free Christmas Eve dinner was held Thursday. Because of the pandemic no meals could be eaten in â all had to be picked up or delivered. Those restrictions, however, did not alter the spirit of the event.
Event committee Chairman Steve Livergood told The Progress in an interview Thursday the group planned to serve approximately 1,000 meals â 250 more than it distributed in 2019 because it believed more people than ever would be in need. The all-volunteer humanitarian effort, financed through generous donations of both food and finances, also distributed gifts to more than 90 less-fortunate children and provided baskets of food and presents for a number of disadvantaged families.