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Making Every Birthday Count On National Make A Difference Day

Karen Kitchel, Neighbor
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Volunteers of all ages and walks of life joined together on national “Make A Difference Day” to do their part in changing the world by helping to assemble 3,000 toy-filled birthday gift bags for less fortunate kids in Minnesota.

Cheerful Givers partnered with the Kids ‘n Kinship mentoring program for the event, which was held at the Thomson Reuters headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota on October 26th.

Many thanks to the 150 volunteers as well as sponsors, including the Northern and Southern Dakota-Scott County Chapters of Thrivent Financial.

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KSTP (Channel 5 Eyewitness News) broadcast a short clip of the event as well.  Check it out here.

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