PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN
Tuesday, December 17, 2013; Winterfest, Cudell Recreation Center, West Boulevard and Detroit Avenue: (L-R) Linda Collins, Paet Burcham, and Joanne Newbury, members of Helping Hands, prepare to join Santa and Mrs. Claus in distributing 238 sets of hand made hats and scarfs to children from Marion C. Seltzer and Madison Community Schools. Beginning in early September, fifteen members of Helping Hands met every Monday at Cudell Improvement to knit and crochet the gifts for the neighborhood children. Helping Hands received funding from a Neighborhood Connections Grant.