Underprivileged children will be remembered About 70 families are expected to be assisted, she said.
“It’s very successful because it provides so much help to needy families,” Jaluska said. “We wouldn’t be able to do it without the help of the community and businesses.”
Cowboy Claus is another longtime Christmas tradition in Yorktown that is sponsored by Western Days. It distributes gifts for children in Nordheim as well as Yorktown. It was started after former Blue Santa program ended.
”We wanted to make sure families in our community still had support during the holidays,” the Cowboy Claus com this Christmas by Deputy Santa and Cowboy Claus in Yorktown, Nordheim and the rest of DeWitt County.
For the 28th year, Deputy Santa will be remembering underprivileged children in DeWitt County. The program sponsored by the DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office began in 1997 under Sheriff Cliff Foulds.
Toys are collected, wrapped and bagged for families and delivered by volunteers two days for Christmas Eve, said Kimberly Jaluska, executive assistant to Sheriff Carl Bowen.
mittee members said in a statement. “While we don’t have an exact start date on record, Cowboy Claus has been serving local families for numerous years now.”
The statement added that each year is different regarding how many children are signed up.
”No matter the turnout, Cowboy Claus has always make a meaningful impact,” the statement read. “We’ve been able to provide Christmas gifts to many children who might not have received anything otherwise. The gratitude from parents and the joy from the kids makes the program worth every bit of effort.”
The Yorktown Western Days Association Board members are Connie Hall, Tracy Parrett and Peggy Savage.
The gifts can be picked up at the office on a day to be announced.
The application deadlines for both programs for assistance in 2025 for families have passed.
