Pennies from Heaven at PIC Newton celebrate its 10th Anniversary this month. The small group of volunteers give out baskets of goodies to parishioners and others in the community every month. To mark this special occasion, the group decided to give out 50 Christmas baskets. Sandra Kailahi has this story.

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