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In year like no other, Empty Stocking Club makes holidays merrier for 10,570 area children

In year like no other, Empty Stocking Club makes holidays merrier for 10,570 area children
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Upcoming Oregon events

Senior center sets virtual live concert for Jan. 28While the Oregon Area Senior Center is not offering live concerts, staff have arranged a virtual live concert through Zoom. At 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, Dave Freitag will deliver a virtual performance that people can view from home. Freitag has long been a popular musician in the area, according to the senior center newsletter, and sings a mix of well-known songs from the genres of country, pop music, and rock and roll. Email Anne Stone at astone@vil.oregon.wi.us to get a link to the concert. If you do not have a computer, it is also possible to listen to the concert over your phone. Call Anne at (608) 835-5801 to learn how to connect to the Zoom program through a phone.

Thousands of Christmas toys delivered to area children

A lot of people are paring down their Christmas list this year. Not Lynn Wood. She has more than 10,000 children on hers. Wood is executive director of the Empty Stocking Club, the century-old program sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal that makes certain every child in the region receives at least one brand-new, high-quality toy at Christmastime, regardless of their family’s financial situation. The generosity of State Journal readers and others in the community make Empty Stocking possible. Wood spent last week working behind the scenes alongside nearly 300 volunteers to sort and distribute gifts. In a normal year, parents and guardians of children receiving Empty Stocking toys show up in person at the Alliant Energy Center’s Exhibition Hall to select a present for their child, bag it up and take it home. That was not possible this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic so Wood and others devised an elaborate new way to safely distribute toys for 3,400 families acr

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