Leleanah Edgerton, 5, opens her Minnie Mouse present while Akira Edgerton, 8, (no relation) shows surprise at her new scarf and gloves during a Santa gift party, Dec. 16, 2015, at the Transitional Living Center in Spokane, Wash. Gifts for about 30 children and 13 moms were gathered for the third year of the Christmas Box Project by Lakeside Middle School math teacher Jim Herling and 26 students along with another dozen teachers and staff at the Nine Mile Falls school. Transitional Living Center is a housing program that helps homeless women with children. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
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Leleanah Edgerton, 5, opens her Minnie Mouse present while Akira Edgerton, 8, (no relation) shows surprise at her new scarf and gloves during a Santa gift party, Dec. 16, 2015, at the Transitional Living Center in Spokane, Wash. Gifts for about 30 children and 13 moms were gathered for the third year of the Christmas Box Project by Lakeside Middle School math teacher Jim Herling and 26 students along with another dozen teachers and staff at the Nine Mile Falls school. Transitional Living Center is a housing program that helps homeless women with children.
