“Normally, we try to get everybody involved, but this year it was just the opposite.
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Boxes are loaded, sealed and marked at the Red Wing Elks clubrooms in preparation for distribution in time for Christmas. Submitted photo
RED WING “A Different Kind of Christmas Season” was the theme for the Red Wing Elks’ Christmas Basket Project this year.
This essential civic charity was accomplished with the minimum of people and the maximum of safety compliance. Small, immediate family groups accomplished staging and packing that was spread out over several days. The same was true for delivery, where masking and social distancing were strictly observed, participants said Monday after delivering baskets to local families.