Christmas morning for moms - Fredericksburg Standard

Ambleside School students Ellie Crouse, left, Anna Kate Goodson and Garrett Hughes help load Christmas gifts collected by the Ambleside community to be donated to families in need through Heart of the Hills (The MOM Center). – Standard-Radio Post/Brent Burgess

Community, Education, Gillespie Life, News, Scene

December 20, 2023

Christmas morning for moms

Ambleside community donates gifts to MOM Center

Students Brooke Beiker, left, Charles Schultz, Josie Hominick, George Pipkin and Hank Bobo carried gifts donated to families through Heart of the Hills.

Ambleside School of Fredericksburg partnered with Heart of the Hills (The MOM Center) to provide gifts for families facing hardship this Christmas.

Over 150 gifts were collected and delivered to support eight families in need.

Maeve Hughes, Ambleside’s director of operations, spearheaded the effort a...

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