This year we provided a basket to 52 families including 154 children.  In the past we have given baskets to only families in Ft Lake and Jessieville.  This year we were also able to provide presents to 9 families in Mt Pine.  This is the breakdown of our baskets:

• We provided food, four presents and a shoe certificate to 35 families in Jessieville and Ft Lake school districts.
• We provided food, four presents and a shoe certificate to 8 families at the Alternate Learning and Education (ALE) School.  This was done in conjunction with the Knights of Columbus Ham Sales project.
• We provided three presents and a shoe certificate to 9 families in the Mt Pine school district.  The school coordinator did not need food as it was provided by another church in the   Village.
• We donated the food left over from the purchase from Project Hope to the food pantry at the Mt Pine School. This was the equivalent of about two baskets.
• We established a credit of $400 for the Mt Pine School at Project Hope.That enabled them to purchase the food needed for the backpack program for children needing food over the      Christmas break.
• We made a donation of approximately $400 to the Project Hope Food Bank.

 We received $xxxx in donations this year, including:

• Men’s Club…$1200
• Knights of Columbus…$850
• K of C Walmart grant…$500
• Individual donations from the special collection…
• Ladies of Sacred Heart…$1250
• Donations at the LOSH December meeting…

We gave 582 presents of clothing to the 154 children:

• 514 angels were placed on the tree.
• 68 presents were purchased to augment the angel tree
• 13 presents were purchased due to angels not being returned.

In addition to the Christmas baskets, 30 Thanksgiving baskets were delivered. Twenty two were funded by the basket donations and 8 were funded by individual guilds. 

We plan to deliver about 10 Easter baskets to the most needy families.