Holiday helpers

(Dawn Cribbs/McCook Daily Gazette)

Members of Brownie Troop No. 531 show off the holiday baskets they have prepared for hospice patients. The Brownies, using the money earned during their annual nut sales, vote each year on a community service project. This year they earned 50 cents per can of nuts for a total of $360. They will deliver the baskets Wednesday. Shown are (front, from left) Miranda Payton and Samantha Cummins. (Middle) Makayla Payton, Amelia Cooper and Bailiee Stang. (Back) Cassa Broomfield, Nichelle Funk, Madison Aufrecht and Jessica McQuistan. Not pictured are Courtney Bradley, Kimberly Brunswick, Susan Harris-Broomfield, leader and Mary Payton, assistant leader.