Christmas stocking for Third Crossing

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Published on Thursday, January 21, 2016

Submitted by Leslie Boden

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In 1998, Gladstone-Plumas Pins’n’Pals Quilt Guild members challenged themselves to create Christmas stockings for residents of Third Crossing Manor in Gladstone. The stockings were hung in businesses in Gladstone and Plumas asking for monetary donations from the community to pick their favourite. The money collected was used to purchase items to fill the stockings the first year.

After that, a letter was sent to area organizations asking for items or money to be used to fill the stockings. 

On behalf of the Quilt Guild and the residents of Third Crossing Manor, we’d like to thank the local service groups, clubs, churches, businesses and individuals  for their ongoing donations and support.

A big thank you goes to the volunteers who helped fill the stockings and personally hand them out to the residents. This is a project that has lasted for 16 years and hopefully will be ongoing for many more.