Wooden games and toys, quilts were left over from the 2019 Community Christmas Baskets campaign. 5:00 am, Dec. 23, 2020 ×
Independent School District 518 counselors and social workers including Maggie Gerdes (front, from left), Angie Meyer and (back, from left) Laurie Knudson, Carrie Adams and Melissa Burch join Robyn Moser of The Stag and Sheri Van Der Brink from Serenity Gifts with some of the items left from last year’s Community Christmas Baskets program. The items will be distributed to families in District 518 who are in need this Christmas season. (Julie Buntjer/The Globe)
WORTHINGTON When the Community Christmas Baskets program came to an end after last year, there remained a stash of perfectly nice gifts handmade wooden toys and board games, lovingly stitched quilts and an array of other items.