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COVID-19 Limits Operation Santa Claus in Alaska
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Pandemic prompts scaled back Operation Santa Claus
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) On a tiny speck of a frozen runway on the north bank of the Yukon River, nearly a hundred miles northwest of Fairbanks, Christmas was delivered in a most unusual way.
An Alaska National Guard helicopter descended through a rotor-whipped cloud of snow in Stevens Village, a tiny community of about 30 people. Townspeople rushed to the airstrip on their snowmobiles after seeing the helicopter land and then watched as Guardsmen wearing flight helmets unloaded boxes containing wrapped gifts for just about everyone in the community.
Then they flew off.
This year’s edition of Operation Santa Claus didn’t have the pomp and grandeur of previous incarnations, but the mission of delivering gifts here and two other largely Alaska Native villages was completed with COVID-19 safety precautions in place.
Pandemic prompts Alaska National Guard to scale back Operation Santa Claus December 15, 2020 Soldiers unload gifts from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Nanwalek, Alaska, during Operation Santa Claus, on Dec. 11, 2020. (Edward Eagerton/U.S. Army National Guard via AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska On a tiny speck of a frozen runway on the north bank of the Yukon River, nearly a hundred miles northwest of Fairbanks, Christmas was delivered in a most unusual way. An Alaska National Guard helicopter descended through a rotor-whipped cloud of snow in Stevens Village, a tiny community of about 30 people. Townspeople rushed to the airstrip on their snowmobiles after seeing the helicopter land and then watched as guardsmen wearing flight helmets unloaded boxes containing wrapped gifts for just about everyone in the community.
COVID-19 pandemic prompts scaled back Christmas tradition in Alaska
This year s edition of Operation Santa Claus didn t have the pomp and grandeur of previous incarnations, but the mission of delivering gifts to Alaska villages was completed with COVID-19 safety precautions in place.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 11:57 AM CT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Chief Master Sgt. Winfield Hinkley Jr., command senior enlisted leader of the Alaska National Guard, left, Makayla Hikley, middle, and Maj. John Brackenbury, divisional commander with the Salvation Army, Alaska Division, wrap gifts in Anchorage in November. The gifts are for children in three rural Alaska villages. The Alaska National Guard and the Salvation Army were able to provide and deliver gifts for the program s 65th year, but had to scale back distribution parties that are normally held in the villages because of COVID-19.(Mark Thiessen/Associated Press)
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