Local businesses grateful for support during COVID-19 challenges I think people realized over the last year that it’s important to shop local as much as you can. 7:00 am, Mar. 17, 2021 ×
Robyn Moser helps Craig Hayenga pick out a suit coat at The Stag in downtown Worthington in this Oct. 25, 2020 photo. (Tim Middagh/The Globe)
WORTHINGTON There’s no doubt the past 12 months were difficult for local business owners as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nevertheless, a feeling of gratitude remains prevalent a sense of thankfulness for the support they received during multiple months of adversity.
“I have to say that community support was amazing,” said Robyn Moser, who owns The Stag on Worthington’s 10th Street. “People would either call or email or go on Facebook looking for things. It was really great that a lot of people reached out to still shop and support their local businesses.”
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.