Million dollar anonymous gift brings Christmas relief to fire victims
In Burnsville Minnesota more than 60 households left homeless by the Barncliff Apartments fire will receive $17,543 per displaced family plus December rent refunds and security deposits. An anonymous $1 million donation will be split among Building A tenants with checks to be distributed Christmas Eve along with refunds and two $50,000 donations from Goodman Group leadership. Fire investigators work to determine the blaze’s cause while residents and community members rally with clothing toys and food.
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Goodman Group
John Goodman
Nasser Kazemin
Jeff Witte
Christmas at Camp David: Bush to spend final holiday there
President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, and a large family group head to Camp David for what aides say is the 12th and last Christmas at the Maryland retreat. Daughters Barbara and Jenna, Jenna's husband Henry Hager, Bush’s parents, siblings, and other relatives join the president for traditional meals and a Christmas Eve call to nine troops overseas.
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Isusa
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Iraq
Christmas Food Distribution Brims With Volunteers and Toy Aid
More than 50 volunteers fill bags for a Christmas dinner at the Union Mission as families receive macaroni and cheese and other essentials. Toy distributions run as Comcast supplies toys, with support from the Quota Club and local schools and banks. The mission, active for 77 years in Bluefield and surrounding areas, served 303 families this year and helped over 100 families with gifts for children through Forgotten Kids.
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Quesenberry
Eleanor Smith
Eleanor
Cecil Smith
Carole Dodson
Fred
Dodson
Cathy
David
David Dodson
Monroe Dodson
Union Mission
Fred Dodson
Craig Hammond
Mission
Hammond
Comcast Cable
Quota Club
Watts Transformers Inc
Bluestone Interiors
The
Bluefield Neighborhood Association
First Century
Chicago
Allen Hammond
Jesus
Linda
Bob Hoge
Welch
Joel Schor
Schor
Thomas Richardson
Bill Archer
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Christmas light display grows with computer animation
Mahood recalls his family tradition of festive outdoor lights at Bluefield. Now controlled entirely by computer the five and a half minute show runs nightly through January 1 2009 from 5 30 to 1 00 pm. A separate Holiday of Lights at Bluefield city park opens 6 00 pm to 10 00 pm with a donation request for visitors driving through the decorated displays.
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Mahood
David
Cathye
Steven
Bluefield
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