Napanee's Owen Hewett donated over $1,820 worth of boots, gloves, hats and candy canes to Morningstar Mission's executive director Kevin Alkenbrack to help those in need this holiday. Hewett, who is seven-years-old, has been donating items to the mission annually for five years now. At one point he wasn't sure if he'd be able to carry on the tradition this year due to COVID-19 protocols, but decided to forge ahead when people from the community kept offering him donations. The end result was the biggest year yet in terms of the dollar value of the donated items. Hewett says local stores Clayton Flooring, Giant Tiger and Surplus Liquidators offered discounts to help his dollars go even further. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.
Napanee's Owen Hewett donated over $1,820 worth of boots, gloves, hats and candy canes to Morningstar Mission's executive director Kevin Alkenbrack to help those in need this holiday. Hewett, who is seven-years-old, has been donating items to the mission annually for five years now. At one point he wasn't sure if he'd be able to carry on the tradition this year due to COVID-19 protocols, but decided to forge ahead when people from the community kept offering him donations. The end result was the biggest year yet in terms of the dollar value of the donated items. Hewett says local stores Clayton Flooring, Giant Tiger and Surplus Liquidators offered discounts to help his dollars go even further. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.