Kosciusko County Administrator Marsha McSherry, left, is joined by Cathy Reed (C) and Cari Williams, both county employees, alongside tables lined with boxes of food donated by county employees. InkFreeNews photo by Dan Spalding

WARSAW – Kosciusko County employees took a new strategy this year when it comes to Christmas donations.

Instead of having one box for all employees to donate food to a selected charity, officials organized a contest between 17 different county departments, which seemed to propel participation.

Each department was encouraged to come up with a creatively-designed box for the charity effort.

All of the food was taken to Combined Community Services.