Lowes Donates Toys to Saint Vincent de Paul Santa's Workshop

Lowes Donates Toys to Saint Vincent de Paul Santa's Workshop

Posted on December 16, 2019 in: News

By Saint Vincent De Paul Place, Norwich

For the past several weeks, our good friends from Lowe's Home Improvement in Lisbon coordinated a toy collection at their store. Employees, contractors and customers donated these awesome toys for our Santa's workshop.

When the Lowe's team came to drop off the gifts, we showed them how nice the place looks all decorated for the holidays with the freshly painted walls that they painted in October.

We love you Lowes!

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