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Church lines up to help families for Christmas

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, December 26, 2017

By Herald Staff

Church lines up to help families for Christmas
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Church lines up to help families for Christmas
Jo Anne Buiteweg walks through a line at Advent Lutheran Church to fill one of about 700 grocery bags used to sort and deliver holiday meals. (Photo by Bill Trueit)
Mary Alice Hack and Carolyn Johnson prepare to move a room full of grocery bags outside to the parking lot at Advent Lutheran Church in Mill Creek. (Photo by Bill Trueit)
A few of the more than 50 volunteer drivers circle the building in line to load food for the holidays at Advent Lutheran Church in Mill Creek. (Photo by Bill Trueit)

Each holiday season, Advent Lutheran Church in Mill Creek packs and delivers the ingredients for a traditional holiday meal to about 225 families in south Snohomish County. On Dec. 16, it filled more than 700 grocery bags for the effort.

Volunteers of America identified needy families in the Mill Creek and Everett area to benefit.

Church members donate money for the program, which costs about $50 per family meal. Businesses such as Central Market, Lowes, Costco, Staples and Top Pot Donuts donated supplies and materials.

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