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Bluebag Media
Parents get family
time courtesy of Gateway and the library
GREENVILLE – Thirty-five parents and children picked up their wooden
toys Dec. 22 and began painting in Gateway’s third annual Santa’s
Workshop at the Greenville Public Library. Two time slots were offered
– 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. – there were no registrations for the later hour
but everything was ready to handle the influx at six.
Approximately 200 wooden toys, big and small, simple and complex, were
donated by Richard Delk for the event. According to Gateway Prevention
Specialist Robb Fulker, Delk has been making the toys for years.
Fulker, Gateway’s Ruth Barga and the library’s Young Adult Specialist
Reuben Kennett were busy preparing for the event by filling paint
‘pallets’ with the primary colors blue, green, yellow, black, red and
white. Parents were assured the paints were washable.
The cost to participate was a $5 donation per vehicle. The receipts
this year will go to the library for its youth group while the
participants take their wooden toys with them or donate them to others.
According to Fulker the receipts were donated to EUM Church the first
year and Operation Christmas Cheer last year. “Last year we also
accepted gifts and gift cards in addition to the money,” he added.
Fulker noted the first year was a joint endeavor with Gateway’s Kathy
Kenworthy and Main Street Greenville’s Amber Garrett. The event was
held at the Coffee Pot. This year it was supposed to be held at the
A&B Coffee Shop but they were unable to do it. “We were scrambling
trying to find a place at the last minute,” Fulker said, noting the
late date of the event. “We’re really grateful to the library for
helping us out...
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