The store shelves are filling up with Christmas items, and before you know it Christmas music will fill the air everywhere you go.  These signs indicate that the 2016 Christmas Holiday House project is upon us.  Distribution of gifts for this year’s Christmas Holiday House will be held on Saturday, December 10, at the First Baptist Church in Fayette.
The Christmas Holiday House project distributes toys, games, art supplies, books, hats, and gloves to provide happy holiday celebrations for registered families. Last year, Christmas Holiday House served 270 children in Howard County. With today’s economy and higher prices in the stores, the committee hopes to be prepared to provide for even more children, ages birth to 12 years.
Support for the Holiday House project comes from individuals, church groups, and civic organizations.    
Those wishing to contribute to the 2016 Christmas Holiday House may do so by sending cash donations to treasurer, Pat Hilgedick, 105 Givens Road, Fayette. New items—toys, books, games, puzzles, art supplies, hats and gloves—are also accepted.  Drop boxes for gifts will be placed early in November at the following locations in Fayette: Commercial Trust Company, Exchange Bank of Missouri, and Merchants and Farmers Bank, Peacock Beauty Shop and C &R Supermarket.
Families wishing to register for Christmas Holiday House may do so at the First Baptist Church at the following times:  Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon; and Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Christmas Holiday House is a community program under the auspices of First Christian Church Outreach Committee.  This is the fifteenth year for the project.
For further information, or to volunteer to help in any way, contact Pat Hilgedick (660-248-3172), or Beverly Markland (660-248-2491).