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| Santa's Posse bundles up cheer |
| By equities.com - Paul Suarez |
| Published: 12/24/2012 |
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WASHINGTON - Sometimes Santa needs a little help. That's when his "posse" comes into play. Volunteers from the community, Clark County Sheriff's Office and Fire District 6 -- aka Santa's Posse -- gathered at a shuttered Best Buy in Hazel Dell on Thursday night to wrap presents and prepare boxes of food and personal items for about 550 needy families around Clark County. Those boxes and presents end up helping provide for about 1,800 kids, hundreds under the age of 5, said sheriff's Sgt. Kevin Allais, who has coordinated the drive for the past six years. The drive is a bit more upbeat than Allais's day job: supervising the sheriff's Major Crimes Unit. When asking him about major players, he rattles off a list including Portland's Jesuit High School alumni, Waste Connections, Kewit Infrastructure, several local schools, local Rotary clubs and others. "It makes Christmas for me," he said of people's generosity. "It's just wonderful that people are giving back." Brian and Linda Stansberry were two of the dozens of volunteers that flocked to the former Hazel Dell Best Buy on Thursday night. The couple heard about the event through their granddaughter's soccer team, which volunteered at the event. They couldn't pass up the opportunity to help. Read More. |
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