Program has a strong contribution season; Christmas gifts were delivered last week
It may have looked a little different in 2020, but Operation Rudolph did not let COVID keep it from spreading Christmas joy.
Volunteers, businesses and community members delivered Christmas gifts to 386 children in 137 Jefferson County families. Watching the relief on a mother s face as she met me outside to put the gifts in her garage for Christmas brought me to tears, said Kim Schmith, Kiwanis board member and Operation Rudolph coordinator.
The Madras Kiwanis Club oversees the community program that serves the lowest-income youth and families of Jefferson County communities during the Christmas season by providing gifts. Operation Rudolph gathered family names a week longer than usual to be able to help more local families.
US attorney resigns to join appeals court
To take vacancy left when Barrett moved up to Supreme Court
JIM CHAPMAN | The Journal Gazette
A federal prosecutor who served northern Indiana, including Fort Wayne, formally resigned Friday to replace Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on a federal appeals court in Chicago.
President Donald Trump appointed Thomas L. Kirsch II as United States attorney for Indiana s Northern District in 2017. Trump also named Kirsch as Barrett s replacement before she was confirmed to the high court in October.
Kirsch will become a circuit Judge for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. The Senate confirmed Kirsch s appointed with a 51-44 vote Tuesday.
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Operation Rudolph in need of gifts to fulfil teens wish lists
Toys, a book and a mask.
Yes – it s Christmas 2020.
Children receiving gifts through Operation Rudolph will not only receive toys that are on their wish list and a book – each child will also get a child-size mask. Karol Williams made over 100 cloth masks that fit children of all ages, and these are being added to the gifts, so youth have a safe, effective cloth mask that fits them. They have fun patterns that children will want to wear, said Kim Schmith, Kiwanis board member and Operation Rudolph coordinator.
The Madras Kiwanis Club oversees the community program that serves the lowest-income youth and families of Jefferson County communities during the Christmas season, providing gifts and food.