SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The season of giving was on full display at Sonia Sotomayor Elementary on Saturday for the 19th annual Project Warm-Up.
The goal of the project is to make sure that every person has a blanket to call their own in the community.
The project began as a small Lincoln High School club project and has turned into more than 40,000 blanket donations.
Volunteers donated supplies, blankets, or their time to ensure the event was a success.
“We just had a gal walk in and her name is Sarah. Today is her 49th birthday and her gift to herself was to donate 49 blankets to Project Warm-Up. She wouldn’t let me take her picture, she wouldn’t give her last name, but we were both in tears when she shared that story. What an amazing gift to give yourself,” said Tracy Vik with Project Warm-Up.
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