Volunteers sort and bag items at the Emlenton United Methodist Church for distribution to families for the Angels for Christmas project in the Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District. Annually, an average of 180 children from birth through 12th grade benefit from the project, according to Maria Clark, director and parent educator of the A-C Valley FIRST Program.submitted photo

FOXBURG — Angels are at work helping their neighbors in the Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District.

“It makes my heart smile that this is our community coming together to make this happen for our families,” said Erin Albert, who has volunteered for the Angels for Christmas project for four years. “It is an adventure every year.”

The A-C Valley FIRST Program's project is in its 24th year of helping to meet the needs of families in the Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District, which includes families from Butler, Armstrong, Venango and Clarion counties.

“We are very much embedded in the community with this project,” said Maria Clark, program director and parent educator.

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