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Genoa-Kingston area volunteers partner for toy drive

Genoa-Kingston School District and Rooted for Good work with student Impact Club

By Shaw Local News Network
(From left): Genoa-Kingston School District 424 human resources employee and district toy drive organizer Christi Volkening; and students with the high school's Impact Club Madyson King, and Natalie Dodson pose for a photo during the Dec. 18, 2024, toy drive.

(From left): Genoa-Kingston School District 424 human resources employee and district toy drive organizer Christi Volkening; and students with the high school's Impact Club Madyson King, and Natalie Dodson pose for a photo during the Dec. 18, 2024, toy drive. (Photo provided by Tara Wilkins)

GENOA – Organizers in the Genoa and Kingston communities partnered this month to collect toys for families in need this holiday season.

Every year, Christi Volkening, a human resources employee with the Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School District 424 organizes a districtwide toy drive for the Genoa-Kingston area, according to a news release.

Volkening also partnered with Haleigh Hunger, program director for Rooted for Good Genoa to get toys and gifts into the hands of Genoa-Kingston community members.

The Genoa-Kingston Impact Club students and other volunteers worked with Volkening and Hunger to organize toys and get them ready for distribution to local families for this year’s drive Dec. 18.

(From left): Haleigh Hunger, Rooted for Good-Genoa program director; Natalie Dodson, Genoa-Kingston High School Impact Club student; Madyson King, Genoa-Kingston High School Impact Club student; Christi Volkening, Genoa-Kingston School District 424 human resources employee and district toy drive organizer; and Tara Wilkins, Genoa-Kingston High School Impact Club advisor, pose for a photo during the Dec. 18, 2024, toy drive.

(From left): Haleigh Hunger, Rooted for Good-Genoa program director; Natalie Dodson, Genoa-Kingston High School Impact Club student; Madyson King, Genoa-Kingston High School Impact Club student; Christi Volkening, Genoa-Kingston School District 424 human resources employee and district toy drive organizer; and Tara Wilkins, Genoa-Kingston High School Impact Club advisor, pose for a photo during the Dec. 18, 2024, toy drive. (Photo provided by Tara Wilkins)

Genoa-Kingston School District 424 human resources employee and district toy drive organizer Christi Volkening poses during a Dec. 18, 2024, district toy drive.

Genoa-Kingston School District 424 human resources employee and district toy drive organizer Christi Volkening poses during a Dec. 18, 2024, district toy drive. (Photo provided by Tara Wilkins)

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