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It started with a donation of fleece material and the directions to make"tie blankets" from Marcia Newbrough, Mary Becker and Connie Gettinger. They then enlisted friends to help with the project. In the end, the group known as Secret Santas finished their project after making 95 fleece blankets. All the preschool and afterschool children at the Weirton Christian Center received a blanket for Christmas. Center representatives expressed gratitude to Avary Ohalek who donated gently used stuffed animals to the younger children at the center for Christmas. The group also thanked Weirton Heights Memorial Baptist Church for the use of the classrooms and fellowship hall. Seated, from left, are Mary Becker, Marcia Newbrough and Vivian Tustin; and standing, Lynn Martin, Pam Dombrosky, Kathy McCarrick, Connie Gettinger, Carol Klakos and Pam Manypenny. Other helpers were Molly Ringer, Patty Brady, Donna Burch, Sandy Loar, Jackie Barnhart, Chris Wade, Kathy Griffith, Marsha Devecchis and Mishal Hawthorne.