Additional Empty Stocking Fund donations announced

The Corbin Rotary Club has announced the most recent donations for the 2021 Empty Stocking Fund Christmas Party to benefit children in need throughout the tri-county area.

Donors and the amounts given include:

• Johnny and Donna Woods – $100
• Anonymous – $1,500
• Anonymous (Friend of Tipton Family) – $100
• Cloyd & Associates, PSC – $500
• Hamlin & Kersey – $500
• West Corbin Christian Church – $100
• Corbin Chiropractic – $300
• Tim and Deirdre Barnes – $100
• Jo Ellen Rains (In memory of Paul Rains) – $100
• Greg and Suzanne Razmus – $250
• John Whittaker – $75
• Danny and Marsha Barnett – $50
• Earthworks & Machinery LLC – $2,000
• Interstate Construction Products Inc. – $2,000
• Little Caesars Pizza – $250
• Pratts Landscaping – $3,000

The Empty Stocking Fund provides each child with a new pair of shoes, a blanket, and an age-appropriate Christmas gift.

The items were available for pickup on Dec. 18, at Immanuel Baptist Church on Browning Acres Road in Corbin.

For safety reasons, the event was held as a drive-thru pickup this year just like it was last year.

“While we are not able to put together a party again this year because of COVID–19, we look forward to having a really big party next year,” said Empty Stocking Fund President Joe Caldwell.

Prior to the COVID–19 outbreak families were invited to a Christmas party.

In recent years, the party has been held at The Corbin Center.

Families were provided with a pizza lunch and treated to a movie at nearby Tri-County Cineplex.