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In recent years, digital streaming has almost entirely replaced physical methods of music consumption. Just a few years ago, I remember begging my parents to take me to HMV the day my favourite artists’ albums were released to buy their CDs, but now it’s all there at the tap of a screen.
The top music streaming services in the UK – including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music and YouTube Music – attract millions of users. Spotify hits 286 million active users worldwide every month, 130 million of whom are paying Spotify Premium subscribers. The world has become dependent on having their favourite tunes constantly at their fingertips, and I’m no different.
Program has a strong contribution season; Christmas gifts were delivered last week
It may have looked a little different in 2020, but Operation Rudolph did not let COVID keep it from spreading Christmas joy.
Volunteers, businesses and community members delivered Christmas gifts to 386 children in 137 Jefferson County families. Watching the relief on a mother s face as she met me outside to put the gifts in her garage for Christmas brought me to tears, said Kim Schmith, Kiwanis board member and Operation Rudolph coordinator.
The Madras Kiwanis Club oversees the community program that serves the lowest-income youth and families of Jefferson County communities during the Christmas season by providing gifts. Operation Rudolph gathered family names a week longer than usual to be able to help more local families.