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Every Family With the Catholic Charities Share the Spirit Program Has a Sponsor

Saint Cloud, MN, USA / KNSI
Jennifer Lewerenz
Dec 9, 2021 | 9:13 AM
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(KNSI) — KNSI listeners, you did it. All 285 families in need with the Catholic Charities Share the Spirit Program will have a better Christmas because of your yes.

Steve Pareja, executive director for Catholic Charities, visited KNSI on Friday, December 3rd, and announced on the air they still needed sponsors for 50 families. By Monday, December 6th, that number had been cut in half. Pareja says he received a message on Wednesday, December 8th from the Share the Spirit team lead Bambi Holloway to say every single family in the program had been taken care of. Pareja said some of the calls they got were from new sponsors, and others were already sponsoring a family but took on another.

Pareja came on the air Thursday morning to announce all 285 families were taken care of. He thanked the community and the KNSI listeners for supporting others in central Minnesota and wished everyone a very happy holiday season.

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