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Gumdrop
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scores of volunteers who give more than 800 hours a year to the project.
Anne-Marie Walsh, Partnership project manager, estimated that more than 3,000 visitors have strolled through Gumdrop Square in the, last three years. Alter looking at (he trees and the toys, children can have their pictures taken with Santa and then disappear into the "no adults allowed" zone of the Secret Shop, where volunteer elves help them buy Christmas gifts and even wrap the packages for them.
This year, under (he generalship of Judy McConnell, an army of trailers and artists have been creating unique ornaments to adorn nine Christmas trees with themes such as the Gingerbread Bear Tree, the Gumdrop Tree and the Partridge in a Pear Tree.
"People run when they sec me coming," laughed Mrs. McConnell, an energetic supporter of Gumdrop Square. Many of the artists arc contributing to Gumdrop Square for the first time, enticed by Mrs. McConnell's enthusiasm and by the chance to make the Christmas spirit come alive.
Cathy Elliott of£)rlean has made fabric snowmen with all-spice eyes and clothespin reindeer. She said, "We all get so selfish over Christmas, this is just a neat thing to be doing."
Among those responsible for the design of Gumdrop Square is Sharon Tomachak, who has worked on the project for the last three years. This year she is creating dried flower arrangements and clay Virginiana ornaments <f®» the -Christmas *in« Hunt
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