Donations needed for Nooksack Valley children

The day before Thanksgiving the Nooksack School District reached out to the North Counties arm of the Forgotten Children’s Fund to see if they could possibly help in providing a Christmas for the flood victims in the areas of Sumas and Everson.

Unknown challenges now confront hundreds of families in the Nooksack Valley, including the towns of Sumas and Everson, due to recent flooding. Christmas this year for these families will take a back seat to survival.

We have an immediate opportunity to make a difference. If you can drop off a new unwrapped toy, a jacket, diapers or a blanket at the La Conner Town Hall or at Washington Federal bank on Morris Street by the end of the workday on Wednesday Dec. 8, your contribution will be delivered to the Nooksack School District on or before Dec. 10. There they will be individually wrapped and distributed by Christmas.

The Forgotten Children’s Fund is a 501.c3 state approved all-volunteer charity that has provided Christmas to families throughout the greater Puget Sound region since 1975. www.forgottenchildrensfund.org.

The generous citizens of greater La Conner, working with the Forgotten Children’s Fund, have provided a Santa and teams of elves to this program for the last 15 years. Each year they work diligently to locate families who are going through challenging times and then on Christmas Eve, Santa and his team deliver gifts, jackets, food and hope.

This Christmas Eve will be no different for the families served in La Conner. Santa will make his rounds in Skagit County. You are needed to help get gifts and necessities to our neighbors to the north.