Thieves Hit Charitable Organization Just Before Holidays

(Des Moines, IA) Thieves have struck a central Iowa organization just as it was gearing up to deliver cheer to those who are facing the holidays without a loved one.   EveryStep C-E-O Tray Wade, says they were preparing their annual Cheer Boxes that go out to those who have lost a loved one.  “Every year we partner with a local business and have volunteers come in and wrap and prepare the boxes — over 600 boxes to be delivered throughout the state and beyond. This year we were partnering with a company in Urbandale, and when we came in this morning we realized the space that we were utilizing had been broken into,” Wade says.  Urbandale police are investigating the thefts.  Wade says EveryStep is moving forward with plans to complete the deliveries at the end of this month.