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What is your new year's
Chandler Gregoire
"I would like to get my numbers right in school."
resolution?
Mary Lou Radcliff
"I want to slow down, relax and enjoy life."
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Sandra Koch
"My new year's resolution this year is to live a healthier life
and do more for myself now that my kids are all gone."
Steve Edmondson
"Get up, survive, go back to bed."
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Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Dr. Gary Olson, a veterinarian at the Shelton Veterinary Hospital, created the Toys for Kids Plus
program 11 years ago. On Saturday, Dec. 10, the nonprofit's annual auction raised $38,600.
Toys for Kids Plus earns $38,600 at annual auction
By NATALIE JOHNSON The non-profit provides funds the organization'sBoy Scout Troops and the
money for Christmas pres- Christmas activities, Toys Shelton Kings football pro-
Toys for Kids Plus raised ents for between 1,300 and for Kids Plus earns about gram.
$38,600 at its annual char- 1,500 kidsannually, he $50,000 annually from sell- Money from the organi-
ity auction at Bob's Tavern said. ing firewood, zation's firewood program
in Shelton on Saturday, About 25 people volun- This year, Olson said Mc- also supports programs to
Dec. 10. teered to put on the char- Farland Cascade, a compa- provide cars with handheld
"That's not bad for a ity auction this year, Olson ny that produces wood poles accelerators for instruction
three-hour auction," said said. for powerlines, plans to give of special needs students
Gary Olson, who founded The independent non- the wood they can't use to at local high schools, Olson
the charity 11 years ago. profit doesn't just help with Toys for Kids Plus, to sup- said.
Families of the 1,500 Christmas presents, Olson port that firewood program. "It's all aimed toward
kids served by the pro- said. It also helps support These funds go each yearchildren and it's kept strict-
gram packed the Shelton many programs for kids in to support things like trans- ly within the Shelton and
Walmart on Saturday, Dec. Shelton and Mason County. portation for the Mary M. Mason County area," he
17, Olson said. While the charity auction Knight swim team, local said.
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