Christmas Over Kaufman
Council 11721 (71 members) just completed our “Christmas over Kaufman” program. This year’s program delivered Christmas gifts to 492 kids, providing meals to 137 families which included 562 family members to Kaufman County. Food boxes included Mac & Cheese, apples, canned corn & green beans, potatoes, onions, bread and turkey. Total food quantities: Bread (137 loaves) & turkeys (137/1750 lbs), 274 cans of corn, green beans & Mac & Cheese boxes, 400 lbs potatoes, 130 lbs Onions and 400 lbs apples with a cost of $3,3200. I have attached pics of the event. We included youth volunteers and parish members to complete our program which started in September. More information and pics are available.
Pic 1481 – Volunteers
Pic: 1502 – Turkeys
Pic 1497 – example of food box
Pic 1500 – Food boxes on tables w/toys below
Pic 1504 – Father Henry blessing the food.
Pic 1489 & 1491 – Example of rooms w/toys for bagging.
Sincerely,
James Duerr
Council 11721 Kaufman
Great job by all!! As your District Deputy I congratulate Council 11721 for a program that has been growing for 25 years.
I just wanted to let you know that Council 11721 Kaufman, Texas has been doing this for over 20 years. This is the Council that you and First Lady Beth attended the CUF. This is my home Council that has 74 members. This year we are furnishing meals and toys to 137 families. There are a total of 652 family members to feed and 444 children that will receive toys as well. We will be providing this to them on December 12th starting at 3:00 PM until 6:30 PM.
Regards,
Robert Repka DISTRICT DEPUTY DISTRICT 107
