Last Day of 2019 Christmas Bureau

The Christmas Bureau closed Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 after a nine-day run of giving away quality toys and grocery vouchers to families who need help at the holidays. The money is raised by The Spokesman-Review to pay for the thousands of toys given away.

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Fri., Dec. 20, 2019

Mamie Higby, with headband, is helped by Christmas Bureau volunteer Lenny Kostelecky, right, to pick out toys for her grandchildren in the toy room at the Bureau Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Christmas Bureau volunteer Louanna Hamersky, left, bags up the toys for Lillian Joe, right, at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway, which is a production of Catholic Charities, Volunteers of America and The Spokesman-Review. Each child gets a quality toy and each family gets a grocery store voucher for the holiday dinner. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Christmas Bureau volunteer Andrew Cowart, right, hands a bag of toys to Tiffany Huffman, left, at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway, which is a production of Catholic Charities, Volunteers of America and The Spokesman-Review. Each child gets a quality toy and each family gets a grocery store voucher for the holiday dinner. Cowart is the general manager of Larry H. Miller Honda and he brought a team of his employees to volunteer. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Christmas Bureau volunteer Carol Christianson, right, engages with clients of the Bureau in the toy room at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway, which is a production of Catholic Charities, Volunteers of America and The Spokesman-Review. Each child gets a quality toy and each family gets a grocery store voucher for the holiday dinner. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Lillian Joe, center, leaves the toy room with an armload of toys for her family at the Christmas Bureau at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway. The event, a production of Catholic Charities, Volunteers of America and The Spokesman-Review, gives a quality toy to each child and a small grocery store voucher to every family. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Cyrus Bischoff, 5, carries a bag of gifts to his family’s car from the Christmas Bureau Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway. Bischoff’s mom, Bree, surreptitiously shopped for Cyrus while he and his grandmother picked out toys for other members of the family. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Handmade wooden trucks wait to be selected by clients of Christmas Bureau in the toy room at the Bureau Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Christmas Bureau volunteer Pamela Malmoe, left, helps Abbigail Hartnett bag up the toys she chose for her two children at the Bureau Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Christmas Bureau volunteer Louanna Hamersky, left, hands a bag full of toys to Lillian Joe, second from right, at the Bureau Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway put on by Catholic Charities, Volunteers of America and The Spokesman-Review. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Mamie Higby, with headband, smiles as Christmas Bureau volunteer Tony Quinones, left, bags up the toys for her grandchildren at the Bureau Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Mamie Higby, with headband, is helped by Christmas Bureau volunteer Lenny Kostelecky, right, to pick out toys for her grandchildren in the toy room at the Bureau Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, the last day of the annual toy giveaway. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Brenda Parker, who dresses as an elf to greet clients at the Christmas Bureau, cradles a stuffed toy and rests her feet as the day draws to a close Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 at the Bureau, which closed for the year Friday. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Clients find a limited selection as they shop in the toy room at the Christmas Bureau at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. Over the nine-day run, the Bureau gave away thousands of high quality toys and grocery vouchers to families. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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