Thanks
It was a wonderful Year
The Edwards Christmas Village would like to extend our thanks to all those who supported this year’s event. This year we collected over $678.00 in cash, 444 items of food, numerous toiletry items, and bags of warm clothing, hats, pillows, bedding, and other needed items for Jusst Sooup Ministries.
We would like to express special thanks to The Freeman Brothers for the use of their land for parking, Billie Lynn Thompson for allowing the Hay sleigh ride to traverse her field, Del Dot for providing signage to warn of the slow moving vehicles, Walmart for a monetary donation, the volunteer choirs, dancers, and the numerous workers who gave their time to make this event a success.
When we delivered the donations to Dale at Jusst Sooup she asked me to express her sincere appreciation to everyone for the blessings of these gifts. All the items will be put to good use to help the ministry. Christmas time is especially hard to those in need.
While the donations collected for Jusst Sooup are most important, we also are pleased to have provided an evening of enjoyment for those who visited The Edwards Christmas Village. We shared together the meaning of Christmas with fun, food, and fellowship. This year our highlight was three themed trees. One tree represented the birth of Christ, one tree the life of Christ, and the final tree was adorned with nativity scenes. There is a reason for the season!
We have already began planning for next years event. The dates for 2019 are Dec 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th from 5pm to 9pm and Dec 8th from 1pm to 5pm. Mark your calendar. 2019 will be the year of the trains. We will have special train village displays with working trains. to where they are.
Special Thanks to:
Mark, Becky, and Kelsey Huling
They have been with us from day one. From preparation to presentation they are always there for us.
Susan Hudson
Our daughter Susan is trouble! She is always suggesting new ideas to improve the village experience. She creates the brochures, coordinates the event, and some of the scenes.
Mark Banks
Mark works behind the scenes helping Santa! You may not see mark but he is helping the big guy.
And Also to:
The Freeman Family
You may know them for the world's best sugarcorn. But thanks to this generosity we have a place for you to park
Walmart
Walmart has helped us with a donation for the last couple of years. This helps us offset some of the expenses to host this event.
Eileen Furnish
Eileen helps with the booths and helps to bake all the cookies!
Robert & Amber Godwin
What can I say. When I need help they are there. The tractors are provided by Robert.
Miss June
I have give special thanks to my wife June. She puts up with all sorts of chaos and stress. With me being the worlds greatest procrastinator she is a saint! And she makes the cookies and russian tea!
And many others.
There are many other people who have helped. To all of you thank you. We could not do this without your help. It is a group effort.