Christmas Bureau opens for the 2022 season

As the Christmas Bureau opens for the 2022 season, families find common ground in the circumstances that bring them there

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Thu., Dec. 8, 2022

The Christmas Bureau’s Jenny Edgren directs Christmas Bureau clients to the correct displays of toys for each client’s needs Thursday Dec. 8, 2022, the first day open for the Bureau at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center in Spokane, Washington.

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Client Joni Martin, center, and her mother Debbie Hall, left, talk with Christmas Bureau supervisor Debbie Raabe about finding a stuffed panda among the cache of bears donated by Spokane Chiefs fans during last weekend’s Teddy Bear Toss on Thursday, the first day of 2022’s Christmas Bureau.

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Steffeni Crowley begins choosing toys for her son and her sister's children at the Christmas Bureau Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, the first day open for the annual charity which gives away one toy per child, a book, pajamas and other items for Christmas. The charity is a cooperative effort by Catholic Charities, Volunteers of America, The Spokesman-Review and others.

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Steffeni Crowley looks for toys for her son and her sister's five children at the Christmas Bureau Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, the first day open at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center for the annual charity which gives away one toy per child, a book, pajamas and other items for Christmas. The charity is a cooperative effort by Catholic Charities, Volunteers of America, The Spokesman-Review and others.

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The Volunteers of America line up around the book table at the annual Christmas Bureau and help clients pick out books for their kids Thursday Dec. 8, 2022, the first day open for the Bureau at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center in Spokane, Washington.

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