Downtown decorations involved community effort II would like to thank all of our new contributors to the Woodstock Square Christmas decorations from Santa’s workshop. Ali Neff designed and built a partner nutcracker for the front of the Opera House. Brett Fankhauser and the Woodstock High School woods class built and decorated the directional pole at […]
Since its founding in 1987, the Woodstock Food Pantry’s mission has been to distribute food to needy people within the boundaries of Woodstock School District 200. “We continue to be overwhelmed by the great generosity exhibited by the Woodstock community,” pantry President Rick Budmayr said. “Whether it is financial aid or physical donations of […]
As part of Lighting of the Square activities, the public is invited to show local holiday spirit to local National Guard personnel stationed in Afghanistan. The annual event will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, throughout the downtown area. Working with the Family Readiness Group, the city will place donation boxes around […]
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