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Saint Mary’s Christmas Box to help 1,000 families By Rod King
For Times Community Publications
One thousand families will receive a box crammed with canned foods through the Saint Mary’s Soup Kitchen Christmas Box Program. On Dec. 10, those families also will get a loaf of fresh bread, butterspread, potatoes and either a ham or turkey. Persons wishing to be eligible for a Christmas box can register at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church at the corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Lafayette Street: the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon; or the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, from 10-11 a.m. A photo ID, driver’s license or Green Card is required. The person registering will then receive a postcard in the mail, which should be presented to receive the food box. Though the distribution date is still a month
away, volunteers are already arranging for the tons of food needed to fill the boxes, ordering the meat and stockpiling the potatoes. According to Joe Miller, director of the Christmas Box Program, each family will get a variety of canned fruits and vegetables and spaghetti and sauce. In addition, they’ll receive a fresh loaf of bread provided by the Lewis Bakery here in Fort Wayne, a five-pound bag of potatoes and one pound of butter-spread. They can also choose a ham or a turkey. Someone dressed as Saint Nick will be on hand to pass out candy to people waiting in line Kelly Box & Packaging Co. donates the 1-cubic-foot-square boxes, which will be assembled by students at Saint John the Baptist Elementary School. Students from the cosmetology program at Anthis Career Center will sepa-
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Aaron Rorick, dressed as Saint Nick, gives candy to persons waiting in line to receive their Christmas box at Saint Mary’s Church last Christmas season. Aaron’s dad Mike, assisted him.
rate all the groceries onto pallets in the basement of the church. Students from East Allen Univer-
sity, North Side High School, Snider High School, South Side High School, Bishop Dwenger
High School, Bishop Luers High School and New Wayne Technical School will load the
boxes Dec. 6 and 7 in a modified assembly line See BOX, Page A6
Shriners unite with Santas Holiday-themed pub crawl will benefit nonprofit hospital By Whitney Wright wwright@kpcmedia.com
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Santacon Fort Wayne’s logo encourages participants to dress as any holiday figure they choose, including Santa or a reindeer.
Mike Hardiek, one of the event coordinators for Santacon Fort Wayne, got the idea while visiting Cincinnati, Ohio. He saw thousands of Santa Clauses and holiday-themed individuals walking around the city one winter. After inquiring into the details of the event, he learned of Santacon Cincinnati, which is tied into helping a nonprofit. Hardiek felt it
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was all a perfect match for Fort Wayne. “It’s one thing to dress See SANTA, Page A15
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Fort Wayne has a new holiday tradition on Dec.10 for adults in the community looking to have a little fun during the busy holiday season while benefiting a worthy local charity. Santacon Fort Wayne is an opportunity for people 21-years and older to dress as a favorite holiday figure — whether it be Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph, an elf or Ralphie from “A Christmas Story” — and enjoy some of the best restaurants and bars in downtown Fort Wayne. Partakers receive a numbered lanyard which allows them to receive specials at participating locations and win raffle prizes, all while providing funds to the Mizpah Shrine Patient Van Replacement Fund.
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