Drive-through event gives ‘toys for a cause’
Seventh annual Toys for Kids drive, facilitated by The Runestone Detachment of the Marine Corps League, helped over 250 families this year 3:36 pm, Dec. 18, 2020 ×
Two volunteers gesture to each other in the sanctuary of Reach Church. A bag of toys was carried out to a vehicle parked outside the church on Friday, Dec. 18, to a family who had preregistered to receive toys from the Toys for Kids program. (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press)
Snowfalls are usually silent, but icy sprinkles could be heard landing softly on North Nokomis Northeast on Friday, Dec. 18. Vehicles circled through under the awning of Reach Church and pulled up to the front door of Love INC in Alexandria.
It s an increase of 1.5% from this year, which is the same percentage city staff received. Written By: Al Edenloff | 11:46 pm, Dec. 14, 2020
At its Dec. 14 meeting, the Alexandria City Council voted to increase the maximum annual benefit that firefighters receive through the city’s Firefighters Relief Association to $8,403 per year of service in 2021, an increase of 1.5% from this year, which is the same percentage city staff received.
Under state law, the maximum annual benefit is $9,400.
The city pays for the benefits through investments in the Firefighter Relief Association Fund. The fund made enough money this year to cover the increase so no municipal contribution was needed. The city’s 2021 budget includes a levy of $5,000 for the fund and it has a current balance of $93,438.