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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 18,2013 Neighborhood Center gets neighborly gift from local insurance company Thank you for your throughout the Happy Holidays From Sew On Et Cetera 278 N. Main, Heppner Q ( n e x t d o o r to H a ir I A m ) Mending, Sewing, Supplies , . gift items and more! 541-676-5556 / ^ S u s s e m u t l M C erry h r is t m a s The N eig h b o rh o o d Center in Heppner recently got a boost in stocking its Christmas shelves thanks to the effo rts o f some local Wheatland Insurance employees. The first part o f the gift was a check for $780 from the Heppner branch. Nancy Snider of Wheatland explained that Heppner W h eatlan d em p lo y ees brought donations to their company Christmas party, w h ich the W h eatlan d company then matched. “ T h a t ’ ll p a y fo r our turkeys, 1 bet,” said N e ig h b o rh o o d C en ter director Janice Skaggs, referring to the boxes of food the center hands out to local fam ilies every year. S kaggs said the boxes contain everything for Christmas dinner, plus some. “All they have to do is cook their dinner,” she said. R ealizing Christmas is also a time when kids are hom e from school, Skaggs said the boxes also contain a few extras M S m S T B rU T <Lird' \-<rrr t , j- ch Ms • CTvt / for family meals, such as hot chocolate, macaroni and cheese, pudding, and bread and peanut butter for sandwiches. So far, the center has had applications for 66 boxes of food. A ls o p a rt o f th e presentation Monday in H eppner was a couple hundred pounds of canned food. Snider said the canned goods came from both the Heppner and lone branches as part of a company-wide food drive. lone donated 116 pounds o f canned goods, with Heppner contributing another 131 pounds, which the em ployees at those branches chose to donate to the Neighborhood Center. Overall, all Wheatland branches combined brought in more than a thousand pounds o f food, which every branch donated to a charity of choice. Skaggs said she was delighted with the gift, which will not only help fill the Christmas boxes, but will also help carry them over into January, when, Christmas & New Year [( she said, people still need Anyone interested in help but the Neighborhood donating to the center can Center shelves are often a call 541-676-5024. bit bare. Top: Nancy Snider (left) and Kim Bach (right) of Wheatland Insurance stand in front of a van stacked with boxes of food as they present Janice Skaggs of the Neighborhood Center with canned goods and a check for $780. Bottom: A few of the 66 Christmas boxes the Neighborhood Center is getting ready to hand out to area families this Christmas. -Photos by Mallorie Jones Thank you fo r your business1 . 1 W.* N ,n From all of us at n r C*'-*'/ T ì-kt ( * 'L n fit .’V r f/ p $hrhtm , Howe's About Pizza D & I Auto Parts 541 676-5210 - Merry Christmas Thank Vou for your] business! A uto R epair w & H eppner D evin O il M ini M art at o ■o W an d w bœ ss ^ N W F r o m has moved 1 8 0 N. C h a s e Opens at 6:30 AM Monday - Triday and at 8 AM Saturday B rann on s all of MERRY CHRI The Pastry f ew /Y ear ^ \ W e l o o k S w een ey f M o R i i t ñ ) , s r / 1 / W K - ) J ( T h a n k y o u fo r your CONTINUED SUPPORT. fo r w a r d t o se e in g YOU IN THE YEARS TO COME. A&M' s K ttchen ca L'yaptsy oosw T hank you for your patronage ! B u ckn u m ' s Kuhn Law Offices Mprrg Christmas! M E R R Y C H R lp T M A P We are proud to be o f service to you throughout the year THE STA FF O F W HEATLANO IN SURAN CE Heppner ft lone 267 N . M ain S t7 Heppner • 541 - 676-9141 r¿ r= </*•**& fflit iò tm a ò A o /n iropractic Thank Vou fo r a G re a t Vear and Wishing you a "Well Adjusted" Holiday with your family! a ll ofuijai* David April Andrea Megan
