Christmas Store remaining gifts and finances

Many people ask where the money that comes into the Christmas Store goes and where any remaining toys go. Here's the answer for this year's Christmas Store...

Finances brought into the store: $5239.00. This money was distributed in the following ways:

-gifts to the following schools: Cunningham Elementary, Carver Middle School, Highland Elementary, Irving Elementary, Edison Elementary, Lowell Elementary, and Lincoln Elementary, Waterloo. These schools had the most parents represented at Christmas in Walnut.

-gift to the Boys n' Girls Club

-gift to Link Christian Development Corporation, a 501c3 being formed among OHC, Harvest, and the Walnut neighborhood for the purpose of holistic neighborhood revitalization.

Remaining boxes of toys were offered as follows-

-Boys n' Girls Club, Salvation Army after school program, EMA Headstart, Sonrise Christian Daycare, Quakerdale, Alternatives, Women's program through the Black Hawk Co. court system.

-Some toys are being stored to seed next year's Christmas Store.