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SANTA BY HELI-SLEIGH Santa Claus arrived by chopper last week just in time to visit with kids at Christmas in the Valley. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | COURTESY PHOTO
TRI-COUNTY MEALS Kay Calvert of Quitaque-based Tri-County Meals ran into a friend, Broc Carter, of Amarillo last week. Kay was dropping off more than $48,000 in donations collected in Briscoe, Hall, and Motley counties through the Panhandle Gives initiative of the Amarillo Area Foundation.“The community has just come out to ensure their neighbors have food,”she said. | COURTESY PHOTO
Tri-County Meals raises $50K in Panhandle Gives fundraiser
“This was our first year to be a part of Panhandle Gives,” said Kay Calvert, coordinator of Tri-County Meals, “and it was wonderful.” So wonderful, in fact, that the community charity exceeded their inigial goal and earned some additional bucks to boot.
When the dust had settled, and the non-profit put their deposit together from their fundraising, it was $48,754, accor...