 Well, this year marks the 37th year a local program has been providing Christmas gifts to kids in the Crowland County area. Toys for Kids kicked off last weekend and held the Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser tonight to raise money for the program. With this week's Community Spotlight, reporter Rachel Johnson has more. Here you go. Community members packed the hall at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Rainard this evening to raise money for Toys for Kids. What we do is we raise money and toys and then we work through the Salvation Army to distribute those toys. Toys for Kids was founded in 1981 and has been providing Christmas gifts to local children who may not otherwise receive them ever since. We've got a high rate of people on assistance and on programs and we've even got families that struggle just to meet those basic needs with both parents working and need that extra help during the holiday season. The Rainard Salvation Army takes applications for the Toys for Kids program and has seen an increase in need every year. That is why the Marine Corps League decided to put on the Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser this year. We have more demand. It's gone up and the toys are going up in price. So it takes us more money to accomplish our mission. The program has been coordinated by the Heartland Detachment of Marine Corps League since the beginning. There's a lot of kids out there that if we didn't do something for them they probably wouldn't have a Christmas otherwise. For the organizers it is important to put in the work to make this program possible every holiday season. There's a lot of people out there that are not able to buy the Christmas presents that they would like to for their children. And so this program really helps not only the parents but it really helps the children have hope and give them something to believe in themselves. The Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser was a huge success and they hope that the momentum for Toys for Kids continues as Christmas approaches. We're very, very happy with the turnout and support and people have been very generous about giving and bringing toys or doing a free will donation and just coming together and socializing and visiting for a good cause to help the kids in our community. Reporting from Brained with this week's Community Spotlight, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. And to see how you can donate to the Toys for Kids program you can visit that story on our website at lptv.org. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.