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Mountain Kids Christmas Fund Party (Photo Update)

Toy and Food Distribution December 20

By Michael P. Neufeld
Saturday, December 6, 2008

The spaghetti dinner served at the Mountain Kids Christmas Party was prepared by personnel from the Crest Forest Fire Protection District and members of Crest Forest Professional Firefighters Local #4105. (Photo by Michaerl P. Neufeld.)

Tracey Moore (right) from the Lake Arrowhead Country Club and Rob Roy from the Ted Roy Foundation present a check for $ 7,000 to Mountain Kids Christmas representative Heather Sanchez. (Photo by Michael P. Neufeld.)

Silent auction items contributed to the fund-raising effort during the Mountain Kids Christmas Fund Party. Wanda Block adds her updated bid to the auction sheet. (Photo by Michael P. Neufeld.)

Steve and Bobbi Bennett fill their plates with a helping of salad during the Mountain Kids Christmas Fund dinner at the San Moritz Lodge in Crestline. (Photo by Michael P. Neufeld.)

Crestline, CA – The 29th Annual Mountain Kids Christmas Fund Fund-raising Party and spaghetti dinner began at 6 p.m. December 5, at the San Moritz Lodge in Crestline.

The annual party will raise funds for the food and toy distribution, slated for Lake Gregory Elementary School on Saturday, December 20. It will include music, dancing, auction items, and opportunity drawings.

Every year since 1994, the Ted Roy Foundation and Lake Arrowhead Country Club have contributed to Mountain Kids Christmas. Last year, Roy Rob presented a check to Heather Sanchez and Rick Beck to help purchase toys for distribution to local children. (Photo by Michael P. Neufeld.)

During the evening's festivities, several check presentations will be made, with checks coming from the Ted Roy Foundation and Lake Arrowhead Country Club. Since 1994, those two organizations have contributed over $75,000 to Mountain Kids Christmas, according to spokesperson Rob Roy.

The spaghetti dinner is prepared by firefighters and paramedics from the Crest Forest Fire Protection District.

Vineyard Bank's Tammie Mueller successfully bid on several Silent Auction items during the annual Mountain Kids Christmas Party of Friday, December 7, 2007. (Photo by Michael P. Neufeld.)

Since the 1980 Panorama Fire, the Mountain Kids Christmas Fund has provided new toys, and food baskets, for over 5,000 families living within the boundaries of the Rim of the World Unified School District.

"This could not have been accomplished without the generosity, and endless hours of work, by all the volunteers," stated Heather Sanchez from Mountain Kids Christmas.

This year, online registration materials are available at http://www.mtnkids.org. Volunteers are still needed for this year's distribution. Call Heather Sanchez, at (909) 338-0180, for additional information on the dinner or distribution event.

"We need all distribution day volunteers to sign up prior to the event," Sanchez concluded.