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Enjoying your fame TC!
In 2013 when we started Santa's little helpers-Hardin County Iowa and surrounding areas, we never could have imagined how big this little idea of ours would become.
Bri and myself keep getting all of the credit, but that definitely is not the case. Almost 200 children and nearly 100 nursing home residents are smiling this Christmas because of the kind hearts and the generosity of the many people in this group.
If it weren't for the dozens and dozens of you reaching out to help a stranger, this group would not exist.
I honestly can not thank every person and business that has come to the aid of these families, without leaving someone out. This year was unbelievable and it was a success because of you.
You put smiles on the faces of care center residents (and many of the employees that were there to see them) and joy to their hearts. You put warm clothes on children and provided them with presents for Christmas. In some cases you even provided food and beds for them.
You did not judge those that were in need. You opened your hearts and you helped without question.
Many of you helped with delivering gifts, and believe me that was a huge relief for me. Trying to deliver to 67 families alone would be impossible. Anna especially thank you for delivering my last 4 out of town families so I could finish up the locals.
In a year when everything seemed to be upside down and backwards, and so many people have been struggling, you all helped shine a light of hope into so many people.
So thank you for being who you are. Thank you for caring like you do..and thank you for showing love and compassion in a world so full of anger and judgement.
From our family to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.
Stay healthy my friends,
Johnny Schipper Bri Meints Jacob Tori Kyzer Brandt and TBD (we really should name him, he's almost here)
Santa's little helpers-Hardin County Iowa and surrounding areas has accepted and helped 197 children this year for Christmas this year. We also took on providing a secret Santa gift for almost 100 residents of local care facilities. We are still looking to help about half of them at this time. If you feel like helping out a resident please let me know. I'll post the list. Any of them with a
Just reaching out to thank Corey and the Times citizen for the article in today's paper. We are very proud of where our group has gone and thankful for everyone involved.
With that being said, we have recently added many more families. At last count there were over 170 children this year. Anyone looking to help out a stranger, visit us and we will be happy to connect you.
Thank you again, and merry Christmas.
Santa's little helpers-Hardin County Iowa and surrounding areas
My Christian friends who support Trump, I am confused.
The following are the words of Christ who we profess to follow.
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, (humble)"
"I know more than the experts." Trump
"Blessed are they who mourn,"
When his older brother died he went to the movies. When his younger brother died he went golfing.
Blessed are the meek.
"I have the best brain"
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
Really? Righteousness?
Blessed are the merciful,
He screwed his own brother's children out of their inheritance, and cut off food to poor children, caged children at the border.
Blessed are the pure of heart,
He cheated on all three wives. Twenty-three women have accused him of sexual assault or r**e
Blessed are the peacemakers,
He has purposefully divided our entire country.
My question is how do you justify these things and call yourself a christian?
Dear Editor,
My family arrived in America in the tailwinds of the Mayflower some 400 years ago. We were some of the first settlers in Iowa, and though I have retired in Europe where I can afford medical care, most of my family still live there. I am enormously proud of my Iowan heritage.
With enormous dismay, I have watched President Trump dismantle the America for which my ancestors risked their lives and fought in every war. Every American value has been trampled, and farmers in particular have been sacrificed for Trump’s tariff wars. Not once has Senator Joni Ernst challenged Trump’s policies on behalf of Iowans. At every step she’s enabled him to bring America to the lowest point in its history.
That’s not building a future for our country that any of us want to experience. Please vote for Joe Biden in November. He is a decent man—and a true family man—with impeccable credentials, and none of that can be said about Trump. Mr. Biden also needs a Congress he can work with to rebuild America, not further Trump’s corruption, so I urge you to vote for Theresa Greenfield for Senator.
Let’s vote for a government that truly believes in “We the People” and will work to improve the lives of all Americans.
Thank you.
Timothy Smith
(originally from Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa)
There are a lot of things people can do to “pay it forward” for vets who risked their lives for their country. For instance, you can contact your congressmen and make sure they are fighting the current administration’s push to privatize the VA and cut its benefits to vets. Currently the government is trying to make it easier to deport active duty soldiers and their families. Budgets put forward by the current president would cut health care drastically over the next ten years. He has proposed cutting medicaid and medicare which service veterans and their families. Millions of vets rely on those programs, and more rely on the ACA which reduces the uninsured rate for vets, and which the current administration wants to abolish. The budgets of this administration would cut Social Security by $24 billion in the next ten years, and has already cut SNAP which services millions of veterans and their families. On the homeless front, after the last president cut veterans’ homelessness by half, this administration’s budget would cut HUD rental assistance programs by $3.5 billion in 2021. The current adiministration has also suggested cutting benefits to disabled vets with service connected disabilities. Here’s a hint: It is one thing to support the military which uses up goods and buys more, and it is quite another to support veterans who cost the government money. How can you pay the sacrifices of vets forward? Tell your congressmen and women to fight this nonsense, and then go out and vote for someone who cares about veterans and their families, who doesn’t think it is a great idea to cut support for their home, food, health care. Vote Blue.
Great editorial in today’s paper.
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Thank you all for your feedback of our HUNT FOR JOY challenge. I am going to extend the hunt for two more weeks. Many new items will be hidden throughout this two week period. Paintings, jewelry, Key Rings, and some surprises as well. Please enjoy Your hunting and remember: PLEASE STAY SAFE.
