The 2017 Union County Christmas Basket Fund has just a few weeks left.
Donations totaling $9,301 have been received to date. This year’s fund goal is $16,500.
The Christmas baskets will be delivered Saturday, Dec. 16, but donations are still needed and will be accepted through the end of the year.
Last year, 168 baskets serving 658 people and nursing home baskets were distributed. Residents of care centers in Creston and Afton received fruit and Kleenex.
Baskets include meat, canned goods – donated through efforts of Boy Scouts and school and community projects – and certificates redeemable at local supermarkets for perishable foods.
The Christmas Basket Fund board is assisted in packing and distributing baskets by several local clubs: Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary, VFW and FFA.
Present board officers are: Ellen Gerharz, president; Bob Jungst, vice president; Steve Crittenden and Jenna Greene, treasurers; and Rose Henry, secretary. Additional board members are: Dean and Twila Brant, Todd Nielson, Rich Paulsen, Brad Baker, Chuck Spindler, Beth Kulow and Troy Peterson.
Contributions may be sent to: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box
126, Creston, IA 50801; or dropped off at the Creston News Advertiser, 503 W. Adams St.
All contributions will be published in the Creston News Advertiser weekly progress report listed by name or “friend,” as desired.
Last week’s balance: $4,030
This week’s donations:
In memory of Jack Neve $200
A friend $100
Creston Lions Club $100
Union County Farm Bureau $50
In memory of Joe LaMasters $50
Dick and Peg Anderson $100
Dwayne and Darlene Henrichs $200
Bancroft History Assembly $25
Bert and Eddie Ehm $50
Pleasant Valley Christian Church $500
Creston Eagles No. 1398 $500
Marcia Fulton and Eddie Barwick – in memory of Joseph P. Healey, Margarethe Healey and Mary Stewart Wilson $30
United Methodist Women $50
In memory of Polly Sweet and Donna Tillman $100
In memory of Joe and Rachel and Jeanne and Keith $200
Michael and Rita Wolfe $50
Chapter LG P.E.O. Creston $100
In memory of Raymond and Deloris Purdum $250
In memory of John Coen family $250
In memory of Ernest and Edeltraut Knuth $50
In memory of Wilfred Knuth $25
In memory of Maxine Hartman $25
In memory of Dean Hartman $25
Ladies Literary Circle $176
In memory of loved ones $100
Don and Shirley Kirkpatrick $100
Steve and Linda Marley $50
First Presbyterian Church Women of Creston $200
First Christian Church-Disciple Women’s Fellowship $25
In memory of William Chubick $25
In memory of Elmo, Mildred and Francis Bonus $85
In memory of Orvin Bowers $30
Lori, Richard, Terri, Timothy – in memory of Sandra Wilker $100
Brent and Chad families – in memory of Linda Wilker $100
Laverne and Joyce Anderson $50
Platte Center Church $100
Larry and Debra Peterson $100
Kiwanis Club of Creston $450
In memory of Kenneth, Dorin and Paul Mahn $50
Theodore J. Martens Post No. 1797 VFW $400
In memory of Kevin Eblen $50
In memory of Cecil Antisdel $25
In memory of Coleen Banks $25
Total donations this week: $5,271
Total to date: $9,301