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Kent Loken and Jana Berndt, co-directors of “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” the 2021 Christmas cantata, were joined by Annette Loken, the cantata’s outreach leader, to present Richland Wilkin Pantry Coordinator Sharon Bladow and Food Pantry Board Member-Volunteer Laurie Drewlow with $7,000 raised for the Food Backpack program.

The $7,000 raised over the 2021 Christmas season is the latest addition to the $38,100 raised for the Food Backpack program in the last six years.

Recognizing the Food Backpack programs has been a nice, enduring addition to the Christmas cantata tradition, organizers say. The tradition of the cantata being a non-admission, freewill offering-accepted event endures.