Joy delivered to 99 kids

Saturday morning, volunteers for the Trees of Sharing began delivering bags of gifts all over the community for kids who might not have presents waiting for them otherwise.

People had submitted recipient names, which were represented anonymously on tree ornament tags around town. People picked up the tags, then shopped for those individual kids, dropping off the presents.

It's been a local tradition for 40 years.

At the Grand Coulee Community Church, Linda Black said 90 percent of the presents had come back wrapped, and many impressively so.

"It's always heartwarming to see how enthusiastically people in the community support this project each year," she said.

Some 99 children in 41 households benefited from the project this year. A wrap-up report is on page 2.