Christmas gifts began to flood into Kalskag through many
Secret Santa’s shortly around Thanksgiving and throughout December. On December 20th 240 Kalskag
Children were blessed with a special gift just for them. The enormous project to give a Christmas gift
to every child (ages 0-18) in Kalskag began in
July. Pastors and friends across the
nation were requested to support the project through letters, social media such
as Facebook, and pleas from the pulpits.
In October, each “Secret Santa” was given the first name of a child, his
or her age/grade, sizes and an idea on what the child would like. Several families from the prior year wanted
to support the project again and requested the same children they “adopted” in
2013. By Thanksgiving all but 18
children were adopted for a gift. With
another key leader on board a plea was sent out through Facebook and within 3
hours all 18 children were covered.
The gifts began arriving by plane in late November. Northern Air Cargo and Ryan Air graciously
donated freight from Anchorage to Kalskag to deliver the boxes for the High
School students.
The small Calvary Mission chapel began to be filled up with boxes…and boxes….and more boxes….
Children were waiting for Christmas to come!
Gifts were given out December 20th and 21st.
There were so many happy faces from
babies to Seniors in High School!
Pastor Mark Ausdahl & I thank all of you for
participating in Christmas in Kalskag.
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