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Kickin' It 4 Kids thank yous

To the Editor:

It was with the help of the many volunteers from the school, local service organizations and businesses including the Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, Sacred Heart Mission, Helping Hands Mission, Maverick Ford, Burkhart-Presidio, Farmers Insurance that the Sacred Heart Mission was able to put on the Kickin' It 4 Kids shoe drive a couple weeks ago. What a wonderful day to spend with the great kids at Beaverton, Gladwin Elementary and Intermediate Schools!

I would like to say "thank you" to Jade Frasher, Kristy Lyons, Nicole Plude, Mrs Chari, Josh Pahl, Joe Cote', Renee Inscho, Vicki Richardson, Deb Bergman, Amy Yoakum, Lexi Kirkpatrick, Beaverton and all of the Gladwin Elementary and Intermediate School office staff and faculty for their help!

Thank you also to the following organization and business volunteers: Gladwin Rotary Club and Kiwanis Club of Gladwin for monetary donation to purchase socks; Judge Shaffer Grant fund through the Catholic Community Foundation of mid-Michigan; Judge Shaffer Sacred Heart Board Members, Dave Cooper, Dave Poxon, Tom Winarski, Angela Bigham, Al and Colleen Sawaya, Gladwin Rotary, Duane Miller, Dan Sheehan, Whitney King, Gladwin Kiwanis Club and Burkhart-Presidio Insurance; Chris Reeves, Maverick Ford of Gladwin; Amanda Frantzen and Ashley Glynn of Farmers Insurance,; Holly Stearns, Stearns Marketing; Rev. Karen Blatt, Helping Hands Mission and Rotary; Tim Shea, Jill Witkowski, Mary Campbell; Sacred Heart Parish; Sacred Heart Mission.

Mission Volunteers: Fran Delano, Kay Edick, Marion Arnold, Nancy Gorzenski, Sharon Bentley, Robin Clifford, Joann Clifford, Lora Perkins, Pam Weaver, Mary Ellen Erwin. Lisa Waddington and all of the mission volunteers who helped keep the mission rolling while I was occupied with the organization of the grant via meetings, paperwork, paper preparation, phone calls, etc. A huge "thank you" to everyone and the parents of our fantastic students!

Yvette Keast

Director,

Sacred Heart Mission

Thank you

To the Editor:

Thank you to the Gladwin Fire Department and thank you to the person who was awake enough to the fact that I needed their help. I was too busy fighting fires going in every direction to know I needed help!

So it is in life. We are so busy fighting fires in our lives that we don't know we need help! This country was founded on the Word of God for a reason. Please read His Word. There will be less fires to fight if we follow God's directions and instructions.

Then our country can return to being blessed by God! Thank you all!

Helen Wright

Gladwin