Christmas for Kids was the recent recipient of a $1,000 grant from the Keith Hubbard Family Fund maintained through The Defiance Area Foundation. This donation, in memory of Keith Hubbard, will be used for children in need in Defiance and surrounding counties. Pictured is Steve Hubbard, along with the Christmas for Kids fund-raising team.
Antwerp VFW recently made donations to local organizations – Christmas For Kids, Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, Antwerp EMS & Fire Dept., and Antwerp Police Dept. Antwerp VFW is always willing to support the local organizations and entities that are quality of life improvements to the community. Antwerp VFW representatives Shawn Gribble and Veronica Jasso donated…
Christmas for Kids is a fundraising effort sponsored by iHeartRadio station Mix 98.1 and volunteers from Marine Corp League Detachment #758. Each year for the past 29 years, this campaign has provided Christmas presents for children of need in Defiance, Williams, Henry, Paulding and Fulton counties. Over 5,000 children are benefactors of Christmas for Kids…
The Wayne Trace junior high and high school student council collected toys for the Christmas for Kids drive over the last couple weeks. They were excited to donate many great toys for the cause.
Antwerp Local School recently donated over $1,000 to Christmas for Kids after a friendly competition involving the teachers. Students could put money into teacher bins, and the “winning” teacher had to kiss a pig. To help generate more funds, third grade teacher Jared Eklund agreed to wear lipstick when kissing the pig if students reached…
On December 3rd, the Antwerp Conservation Club held a Still Shoot to raise money for Christmas for Kids. This was the fourth event held by the ACC to help raise money for this charity. There were two center fire pistol shoots and two Still Shoots held over the last 6 weeks. Ray Daily from the…
Students at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church held their first ever Lock-in and made twelve blankets for Christmas for Kids and filled thirty five Goody Bags for Antwerp Vancrest residents. The event was organized by Jayme Landers, April Krouse, and Courtenay McMichael as part of Mt. Calvary’s Youth Education and Community Outreach programs. Funding for this…
The Antwerp Conservation Club held two charity fundraisers this past weekend for Christmas for Kids. Saturday was a center fire pistol match. Sunday was a still shoot. Saturday’s pistol match was an IDPA style event. We set up five fun and challenging stages. A shot timer and scoring zones are used to get an accumulative…
On Saturday October 21st, the Antwerp Conservation club held its first centerfire pistol match as a fundraising effort for Christmas for Kids. The match was held in our newly reworked pistol bays. The five stages were designed to challenge and build pistol handling skills. The course of fire has the shooter starting from different positions…
