It was an awesome day.вЂќPatty Willey of the Storehouse for Jesus said, вЂњI just want to say thank-you to Sarah and the Pataskala LionвЂ™s Club. It was a joy to be there and see all 300 cars come through and get their cookies. We raised money, and we made people smile.вЂќMayor Mike Compton, who also helped out at the event, said, вЂњIn a year when a lot of people came to a standstill and had to just plain cancel things, thank you for adapting and overcoming, especially an event as large as you were planning вЂ“ closing the street down and all the things weвЂ™ve done in the past вЂ“ and a couple days before having to adapt again. We were driven by helping the Storehouse for Jesus, but what would it look like? How would we get the health department to agree itвЂ™s safe? Would it even feel like the same charm that it normally has had? How are our small businesses looking through all this? How do we make sure weвЂ™re balancing safety with comfort and joy? And then, what do we do when the health department changes their mind days before the event? But we did it.вЂќAs McGuire noted, heading into the finish line, COVID-19 rates compelled the Licking County Health Department to rule the event shouldnвЂ™t be held in the downtown with possibility of public contacts, so McGuire and the LionвЂ™s Club shifted to a drive-thru only distribution of cookies at the West Licking County Family YMCA.McGuire said she was вЂњproud to share with you IвЂ™m so proud to share with you what the drive-thru was able to accomplish.вЂќShe said the event included 30 business and more than 1,000 hours of Lions Club volunteer hours.вЂњWe had 10 characters, ranging from a live Nativity to our star this year, the Grinch,вЂќ McGuire said.В 'It surpassed our goals. 5 planned date for the event, organizers had already scrubbed an annual evening parade, and had decided to restrict the number of participants, but still intended a downtown outdoor event.As McGuire described it, вЂњWe made a conscious decision this year to have an event to kick off the Christmas season. They are so valuable, and their cancelation this year is a loss felt by many of our citizens.вЂќApproaching the Dec.

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