Thanks for thinking of foster children

To the editor:

Thanks to the following generous agencies, businesses, organizations and individuals for donating gifts for children being cared for by foster, relative and adoptive families: Volunteer organizer Dee Hilbert; Verda’s Cakes and Things; Sue Frisby and her family; ASAP staff/ Susan, Kelly and Trish; Slack’s Bakery; Abbi Henderson/OCS; Loving Radiance Gift Boutique/Sandra Aldrich; Midnight Sun Greeting Card Co.; Margaret’s Marvelous Marvels; Lavon Bridges and Alice Wright; Alaska Etc.; Doreen Schumacher, Susan Fisher Slater, Velda Brown, Bemd Richter, and Shannon Sanderson; Dr. Beck/Pediatric Dentistry of Alaska; Alaska Aces and Alaska Avalanche hockey teams; Tracy Martin’s second-grade class at Knik Elementary School; Lori Jean Pottery; Rachel Samuelson; Linda West; Walden Books; Trinity Lutheran Church; Linda Branson/State Farm Insurance; Jack Randall; The Gallery; Betty Russell/A Better Cut; Eskimo Hugs; Target; Garden Chiropractic; Wilson’s Wasilla Video; Taco Bell/Denali Foods Inc.; VOA RSVP/Project Warm Up; Loon Attic; Tacos Cancun; Raven Wi; Dairy Queen; Tara Scharber/All About Style; Donna Kimball’s class/Wasilla Middle School-within-a-School; Janet Kincaid; Lynne Bjornsen; Linda Nerland; Jean Olberg; Ron and Linda Cole; Jackie Mann; Nelda Hotchkiss; Happy Dawn’s Thrift Shop; Anna Clark; Earthly Treasures, Just Imagine Toys; Laura Pinnick/Krafts with Kare; Radio Shack; Valley Performing Arts; Mat-Su Borough Dept. of Emergency Services; Wasilla Police Dept.; and the generous staff/customers at Home Depot, Alaska Club in the Valley and Valley Business Machines.

Thanks to you we were able to help make the holidays brighter for children that have experienced abuse and neglect.

Alaska Center

for Resource Families