Volunteers help distribute around 2,000 meals and other items at the West Ohio Food Bank on Christmas Eve.
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An annual tradition of making sure everyone has a warm holiday meal. The West Ohio Food Bank is continuing its holiday tradition of offering free, take-home dinners on Christmas Eve. Volunteers and staff will pass out the meals drive-thru style, just like their monthly food distributions. Cars with families can line up in their back lot and receive one meal for each family member.
The Delphos Canal Museum is holding their 25th annual "Celebrate Christmas." Featuring 100 Christmas trees, wreaths, and other holiday items decorated by local groups and organizations along with museum trustees and volunteers.
Fresh-n-Faded and Team Outreach Lima made the season merry and bright for some seniors. The 2nd annual Christmas at Lochhaven party was held Thursday afternoon. First in the morning, Team Outreach and Santa brought presents to the residents at Lochhaven-- then in the afternoon they played their annual Bingo game. There were Christmas cookies passed around, gift bags and baskets were passed out, and Christmas music was played by the DJ. For Team Outreach and Fresh-n-Faded, this partnership has done what it set out to do since it was created, and that is make an impact in the community that shaped them.
The West Ohio Food Bank is asking for your help in making someone's Christmas a little tastier. Next Monday, the food bank will be assembling their Christmas Eve take-and-go ham dinners. They can use some help in getting them ready and also distributing them on Tuesday. It is a great opportunity for individuals, groups, or organizations to give back.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Those who work for the City of Lima are doing their very best to ensure you and your family have food on Christmas day.
A Putnam County church recently returned from western North Carolina to make sure children affected by Hurricane Helene can have a merry Christmas. Saint Mary Catholic Church in Leipsic recently delivered around $100,000 worth of toys as Christmas gifts to the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Christmas Angel Program in Arden, North Carolina. The Leipsic church made it their mission to bring Christmas joy to North Carolina as their holiday service project after hearing the Christmas Angel Program would assist over 2,500 children this year.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Kids got a chance to see Santa and learn a little about the past in our area.
The Cenovus Lima Refinery continues a long tradition of hosting a Christmas party for kids with developmental disabilities. Students at the Children's Developmental Center of Lima and their families were having a lot of fun at the refinery's 66th annual Christmas party. There was free food, face painting, a bounce house, and Santa and Mrs. Claus handing out gifts to all the kids. The students have been excited about the party for a couple of days now, and so are the adults to carry on this tradition for nearly seven decades.
The Area Agency on Aging spread holiday cheer today. The Elderly Day Care Center held a Christmas party event for the seniors along with the music therapy program at the Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution. The members of the music therapy program joined the party via Zoom chat and sang popular holiday songs and carols to get in the spirit of Christmas. The seniors were also presented gifts such as blankets and mittens or hats.