The Always A Future For Kids Foundation is a $500 sponsor for the Christos House Chocolate Festival, to be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 503 W. Main St. in West Plains. The festival is the signature fundraiser for Christos House Domestic and Sexual Violence Shelter and Outreach program, which serves and supports domestic and sexual violence victims and their families in Howell and six surrounding counties. Tickets are $10 each and include 15 tasting tickets for sampling chocolate entries. Children age 10 and younger get in free with an adult. For more information or to donate to Christos House call 417-256-3408 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Seated from left: Christos House Resale Shop Store Manager Amber McFarland, outreach advocate Kenya Cook and shop employees Clint Walker and Patricia Schrippe. Standing: AFK foundation members Meghan Berry, Mikaelynne Shoemake, Suzannah Pace and Ben Bird; Christos House Outreach advocate Brenda Lewis; AFK foundation member CJ Collins; and Christos House Executive Director Kelli Neel, Office Manager Nicholas Haring and IT Specialist Othniel Emunah.
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