Thank you to all who helped ‘Share the Spirit’
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Editor,
Share the Spirit has been providing toys, clothes and Christmas gifts to Lake County children from needy families since 1998. We are fortunate enough to partner with Hellroaring Marine Contingent and the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. During the 2012 Christmas season, we served 1,045 children in Lake County. In our 15 years of operation, we have served more than 12,000 children in Lake County with your help and the help of many volunteers.
A huge thanks to the businesses that agreed to be our tree locations and to the local churches who gave so generously. Thanks also to the school kids from St. Ignatius and Polson who adopted many of our tags and shopped carefully and wisely. We truly appreciate their help. Kim Liebenguth spearheaded the Lake County Sheriff’s program to adopt 175 of our kids and challenged Polson High School classes to collect toys for them. Thank you very much to all the people who so generously picked up Share the Spirit tags from our trees filled with children’s Christmas requests, with help from everyone we were able to help make their holiday brighter.
Volunteers make this program a success; they donate hundreds of hours throughout the Christmas holiday season when most people would rather spend time with their families. Special thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers.
This year, Share the Spirit headquarters were fortunate to have our work space donated in the old True Value building, owned by Brian Mahugh. Local Soroptimists provided funding for food certificates, and donors provided funding for electricity and heat.
We also provide school supplies to Lake County Elementary schools in August and personal care bags to all of the county agencies twice each year. Donations can be mailed any time to Share the Spirit at P.O. Box 1341, Polson, MT 59860. Thank you and God bless.
Toni Krebsbach Young
for Share the Spirit Board of Directors
Polson
