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Spirit of Christmas needs a home

Sunday, October 01, 2006

By Sherry Grindeland
Seattle Times staff columnist

The burgeoning local economy may doom what has become a tradition for Ruth Ann Young of Woodinville. She can't find free space to pack her Operation Iraq: The Spirit of Christmas gift boxes for American troops. Earlier this year she closed her Kirkland store, the Spirit of Christmas. She organized the gift-box packing from that office. The first year the boxes were packed in the store; in 2004 and 2005 she used an empty store at a Totem Lake mall. Young's project has shipped nearly 30,000 boxes to war zones.
She needs to use about 2,000 to 2,500 square feet of space from now until the boxes leave in mid-December.
Young still has the desire, the volunteers ready to work and the corporations willing to donate the goodies.
"I'm going to be just sick if we can't do The Spirit of Christmas this year," she said.
She can be reached at 425-885-0796.

Thank you for your continuing support. Blessings to you and your loved ones this upcoming Christmas season.

Ruth Ann Young