Santa visits remote Kodiak villages

Photo By Senior Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest | Heather Combs, a Spouses Association of Kodiak member, assists an Ouzinkie student pick out a handmade stocking hat at the Ouzinkie school during the annual Santa to the Villages visit Dec. 7. People around the world knit stockings and mittens year round for this annual outreach to the remote villages on Kodiak Island. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen)  

KODIAK, AK, UNITED STATES

12.07.2011

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U.S. Coast Guard District 17 PADET Kodiak

KODIAK, Alaska — Members of the Spouses Association of Kodiak and Santa Claus give gifts to children in the remote villages of Ouzinkie and Danger Bay on Kodiak Island, Dec. 6, 2011.

This is the 35th year for Santa to the Villages to bring Christmas cheer to boys and girls living in the remote villages of Kodiak Island.

The air station flies Santa and his elves to seven remote villages on Kodiak Island to support the annual Santa to the Villages outreach program.

Santa to the Villages is sponsored by the Spouses Association of Kodiak and members work throughout the year to gather presents, books and handmade stockings and mittens for the outreach program to remote Kodiak Island villages.

People around the world knit stockings and mittens each year for this outreach event to the remote villages on Kodiak Island.

• Date Taken: 12.07.2011
• Date Posted: 12.07.2011 10:16
• Story ID: 81005
• Location: KODIAK, AK, US