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 # Spreading Christmas Cheer 

 

##### By Tony Wittkowski

 

 

 Dec 22, 2017 4:15 PM ET

  ![](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/WP_Adopt_a_family_1.jpg "Whirlpool Corp. employees from the brand and strategy department stand beside gifts Tuesday, which they donated to families through the Adopt-a-Family program in Benton Harbor. Photo Credit: Tony Wittkowski/HP Staff") 

 

 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/WP_Adopt_a_family_2.jpg "Gifts were brought in for the Adopt-a-Family program Tuesday by several Whirlpool Corp. employees. The gifts were housed at the Victorious Life Christian Center in Benton Harbor. Photo Credit: Tony Wittkowski/HP Staff") 

 

 

        

 

 

 



     ![](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/WP_Adopt_a_family_1.jpg?h=11a76232 "Whirlpool Corp. employees from the brand and strategy department stand beside gifts Tuesday, which they donated to families through the Adopt-a-Family program in Benton Harbor. Photo Credit: Tony Wittkowski/HP Staff")   ![](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/WP_Adopt_a_family_2.jpg?h=5fa40364 "Gifts were brought in for the Adopt-a-Family program Tuesday by several Whirlpool Corp. employees. The gifts were housed at the Victorious Life Christian Center in Benton Harbor. Photo Credit: Tony Wittkowski/HP Staff")  

   

 

[Originally published on The Herald Palladium](http://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/local/spreading-christmas-cheer/article_60b4efde-a529-53a5-ab36-773810f1f049.html)

BENTON HARBOR — There was no room to spare on the tables for those visiting the Victorious Life Christian Center on Tuesday.



  
That’s because they were packed with Christmas presents that would be given to several families in the Benton Harbor area.



  
A large portion of those gifts came from a group of Whirlpool Corp. employees who decided to “adopt a family” this Christmas.

[Click here to read the full story.](http://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/local/spreading-christmas-cheer/article_60b4efde-a529-53a5-ab36-773810f1f049.html)





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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