Christmas in Wadena raises $1796.65 for food shelf plus 311 pounds of food
As the 2024 Christmas Season has concluded, GP Anderson, creator of the “Christmas In Wadena” animated light show gathered up the food, monetary gifts and headed east to Project Share, the local food shelf in Wadena.
Upon his arrival and meeting with Director Mary Ann Hagen, they loaded, unloaded and weighed 311 pounds of food to help fill the shelves. Anderson then handed her a check in the amount of $1,796.65 from this year’s donations!
Over the past seventeen years, Christmas In Wadena has collected over 6407 pounds of food and $29,180.99 with 100% going to the food shelf.
Why does Anderson do this?
“To truly relieve hunger in our community, it’s important that we first transform the thinking behind hunger relief. Providing a bag of groceries to a person in need today is obviously important. But how do we make it so that person isn’t in need tomorrow?...