Santa’s Workshop gave kids opportunity to buy Christmas gifts for their special people
With the help, support and donations from local businesses, vendors and individuals, area children were given the opportunity to select a Christmas gift for the special people in their lives – parents, siblings, grandparents, friends – at a Santa’s Workshop held Saturday, December 3 at The Laker Bar & Grill in Mountain Lake.
Children were able to go on a holiday shopping spree to purchase presents for those central in their lives. Most items ran for $1, there was a $3 table and a $5 gift spread.
All proceeds will be donated to kids/families in need in Mountain Lake, facilitated with the help of the public school, nursing home and Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services.
Organizers of the holiday gift-giving activity were Emily Adrian, Emily Bentson and Bethany Boldt.
Here are the individuals/businesses/vendors that assisted with Santa’s Workshop:
+ United Prairie Bank.
+ Dean Sawatzky at Third Avenue Auto.
+ Maynard’s Food Center.
+ Peterson Drug and Gifts.
+ Cenex.
+ Casey’s General Store.
+ Fulda Credit Union-Mountain Lake branch (Lisa Larson).
+ Diane and Leroy Radtke at The Laker Bar & Grill.
+ Mountain Lake Fitness Center/Jim and Sue Ellen Holmberg.
+ Hanson Insurance/Brad and Kelly Hanson.
+ Brent Hanson at Hanson Plumbing.
+ 31 Gifts/Kyra Besel.
+ Mary Kay/Emily Adrian.
+ Tupperware/Bethany Boldt.
+ Care & Share/10,000 Villages.
+ Kati Bartel.
+ Romsdahl Construction.
+ Balzer, Inc.
+ Mountain Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.
+ Mountain Lake Fire & Rescue.
+ Midway Farm Equipment.
+ JSK Bridal/Jennifer Shouse-Klassen.
+ Sanford Medical of Mountain Lake.
+ American Family Insurance/Stan Schroeder.
+ Eric Olfert at Milk Specialties Global.
+ Valerie Ommodt of Progressive Chiropractic.
+ Grace Kratovil.
+ Schwartz Farms, Inc.
+ Mountain Power.
+Mountain Lake Co-op/True Value.
+ Avon/Kim Oeltjenbruns.
+ Monica Schroder.
+ Georgia’s Dance Elements/Georgia Walker.
+ Paradise Cove/Marny Carrison.
+ Mountain Lake Floral/Nene Smestad.
Below are some sneak preview photographs of the gift assortment that was made available for the young consumers. All photos are thanks to Emily Adrian. There are no photos of the elves, however, as that would spoil the super secret element of surprise when the presents are opened.
