Norm Fredin, board member of the Freeborn County Thrivent chapter, presents a $525 check to Orville and Dorothy Simonsen, board directors of the Ecumenical Food Pantry at First Presbyterian Church. -- Submitted

Norm Fredin, board member of the Freeborn County Thrivent Financial for Lutherans chapter, and Diane Schewe present a $2,410 check to Perry Vining for a Nov. 1 benefit that was held for Vining.