Blue Grass Farms Charities hosted its most successful two-night Christmas Celebration at The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington for Thoroughbred worker families Dec. 11 and 12. Everyone with a family member working in Central Kentucky's Thoroughbred industry was invited to a seated holiday dinner, lively entertainment, and Santa visits and gifts for the children. More than one thousand workers signed up for the event.
Thanks to Race for Education (which also served as a sponsor of the dinner) and the Kentucky Racing Commission, as well as BGFC Board members, drawings to give away 12 brand new bicycles were held during entertainment breaks. And while families waited in the auditorium to see Santa, Executive Director Sally Walker told stories of how Blue Grass Farms Charities has provided a helping hand to Thoroughbred workers with housing, utilities, health, food, bereavement and other emergency needs.
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