Wappapello church Christmas donors

To the Editor:

On Dec. 21, 2011, Lake Wappapello United Methodist Church gave away 209 family Christmas food baskets and gave toys to 111 children during our annual Christmas basket give-a-way.

Lake Wappapello United Methodist Church would like to thank the following people for their unfailing love and support to make this event a huge success: Christians Against Hunger, Greenville New Prospect Baptist Church, Little Brushy Missionary Baptist Church, Faith Baptist Church, Coldwater Homecoming Committee, Coldwater United Methodist Church, Greenville United Methodist Church, Williamsville United Methodist Church, Williamsville United Methodist Women, Wappapello Lions Club, Wappapello VFW Post 3416 and Wappapello VFW Ladies Auxiliary to Post 3416, Wappapello Peoples Community Bank, Boy Scout Group 416, Lake Wappapello Corps of Engineers, Donna Almond, Sherry Szczblewski, Dorothy & Charlie Brotherton, Gloria Thrasher, Bob Brown, Paul & Marjorie Kelley, Darrel & Shirley Schweitzer, Gary & Dianne Barnfield, Melvin & Connie Hoopingarner, Allan & Wilma Hawley, Sally Morehead, George Cannon, Walt & Kathy Wilkey, Jeff Shawan, and the cities of Coldwater, Silva, Williamsville, Greenville and Wappapello. We send out a big "Thank You" to those countless people who donated food at the VFW and just happened to "drop by" the church with a trunk load of food. (Please forgive me if your name has not been included.)

A big "thanks" to all our volunteers: Pastor Jeff Estes, Natalie Estes, Ruth & Lonnie Hargrove, Charli Hoover, Dorothy & Charlie Brotherton, Erma Michael, Dave Hampton, Donna Almond, Sherry Szczblewski, Janice Matthews, Dot Temples, Pat Libla and Margaret Kasting. A special thank you goes to Vicki Perlo for her yearlong effort to gather toys for this project.

An extra special thank you goes to the Young Adults group of the First United Methodist Church, Poplar Bluff, for their assistance with putting the food baskets together. You guys are awesome!

Thank you all so much for making this a better Christmas for those less fortunate in Wayne County.

Janis Campbell

Lake Wappapello United Methodist

Church Food Pantry

Coordinator