Iglesia Vida Nueva hosts annual Christmas Festival

By Heidy Posadas
Iglesia Vida Nueva

Posted 1/7/22

Iglesia Vida Nueva in Clewiston held its 10th annual Christmas Festival at the Montura Ranch Clubhouse on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021.

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Iglesia Vida Nueva hosts annual Christmas Festival

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A volunteer dressed as the Disney character Elsa from Frozen (Ms. Marizel Perez, a teacher from Clewiston High school, high giving out candy to a child waiting patiently in her car.

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A volunteer dressed as the Moana character showing off Pua (her pet pig) to a little girl.

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Volunteers gave balloons to kids.

Wilderness Explorer volunteers Caridad and Carlos Perez, dressed as Disney characters Cal and Ellie from UP, gave balloons to kids.

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Snack and food volunteers Yolanda Cerda and Carmen Chairez happily serving.

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Welcome team volunteer Jesse Ramirez registering kids to be able to give them the right gift.

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Volunteers from Clewiston High School’s Spanish Club helped kids with the games that were set up.

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Spanish Club volunteer from Clewiston High School helped kids with the games.

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Santa, volunteer David Prieto, listened to kids telling him what they want for Christmas and giving them their gifts.

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This kid was happy to receive the automatic power popper from Santa.

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Pictured is the volunteers from Iglesia Vida Nueva.

Posted Friday, January 7, 2022 5:44 pm

By Heidy Posadas
Iglesia Vida Nueva

CLEWISTON — Iglesia Vida Nueva in Clewiston held its 10th annual Christmas Festival at the Montura Ranch Clubhouse on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Due to COVID-19 this year, the team decided to once again have the festival drive-thru style; each car would go to a different station to register, get their food and toys. The whole festival as always is completely free. We even had games that could be played from the car while the kids waited and had volunteers dressed as Disney characters plus Santa come out to say hi to all the kids, give out candy with prizes and balloons. Our team was able to bless about 500 children with free toys this year!

All of this couldn’t had happened without the help of our amazing team of volunteers, our Pastors (Landy and Maritza) and our wonderful sponsors: The Howard E. Hill Foundation, Central County Water Control District and U.S. Sugar. A huge thank you to them!