Iglesia Vida Nueva held their ninth annual Christmas Festival at the Montura Ranch Clubhouse.
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Kids receive toys at Montura Christmas Festival
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Santa, David Prieto, saying hi and giving toys to kids in their cars.
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Beauty (Andrea Marrero) and the Beast in his human form (Chris Alston).
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Kids of all ages received balloons.
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Carl Fredricksen handed balloons out to kids.
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Elsa, Marizel Perez, a teacher from the Clewiston High School, along with Ana and Olaf gave out candy and smaller toys to kids who stepped outside their vehicles to say “hi.”
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This year Ellie and Carl Fredricksen join the festival’s Disney cast to give out balloons to all the cars waiting in line.
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A mask can’t hide this girl’s joy of receiving a bike from Santa.
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Santa with a scooter given to the young fellow in the photo.
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Volunteers gets bags of free food ready to hand out.
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Volunteers hands out food at the drive-thru.
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Pastor Landy helping regulate the traffic.
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Volunteers posing for a crazy photo at the end of the event.
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CLEWISTON — Iglesia Vida Nueva held their ninth annual Christmas Festival at the Montura Ranch Clubhouse. Due to COVID-19 this year, a team of volunteers along with Pastor Landy and Maritza Posadas decided to make the festival a drive-thru to be socially responsible. Each car went to different stations to register and get their food and toys. The festival was completely free. There were games that could be played from the car while kids waited and Disney characters plus Santa came out to say hi to the kids and give out candy, smaller toys and balloons. Iglesia Vida Nueva was able to bless about 500 children with free toys.
All of this couldn’t have happened without the help of an amazing team of volunteers and sponsors: The Howard E. Hill Foundation and Central County Water Control District. A huge thank you to them.
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