Community

Christmas lights along Peridot Drive in Anna. There are 7 days until Christmas.

Wreaths Across America Ceremony held at Graceland Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 16.

The Village of Anna Christmas tree stands along Main Street next to the village hall. There are 9 days until Christmas.

ANNA – Help meet the urgent need for blood during the “12 Days of Giving” prior to the long Christmas holiday weekend by donating at various blood drives in Shelby County.

The toys were purchased by a private group called the “Do Better Group.”

The program was taught by Shelby County Sheriff DARE Officer Brian Strunk.

Christmas lights along Broadway Avenue. There are 12 days until Christmas.

Whittier Early Childhood Center students sing “Jingle Bells,” during Christmas activities on Tuesday, Dec. 12.

Volunteers Alma Long, left, and Brenda Langsten, both of Sidney, sort through boxes of random foods at Agape Distribution at 209 Brooklyn Ave. on Thursday, Dec. 7. The two were organizing the jumble of food products into categories. Long has been a volunteer at Agape for 14 years and Langsten has volunteered for 15 years. Agape bought the food from a grocery warehouse in South Carolina as the food pantry was running low on shelf-stable food, so they scoured the country to find some, according to Agape Board Chair and Interim Director Bruce Boyd. They bought 96 pallets with 12 banana boxes full of miscellaneous food on a pallet at 15 cents per pound. Honda volunteers came two weekends to help organize the food, and Boyd said they will be sorting the food for at least three months.

A new born Jesus lies in a manger during the live nativity drive thru: Return to Bethlehem. The live nativity was held by the Sidney First Church of the Nazarene on Sunday, Dec. 10.