Sears Holiday Shopping Spree
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 12:00PM
Fabian Lewkowicz

(top) Santa Monica resident and volunteer Kenneth Scopp helps Kevin Vasquez, 6, try on a pair of converse while Santa Clause looks on during the Salvation Army's 25th Annual Sears Holiday Shopping Spree on Thursday, November 19, 2009. (center) Tajon Brown, 2, offers Santa Claus some juice during the Salvation Army's 25th Annual Sears Holiday Shopping Spree. (above) The SAMOHI Holiday Carolers sing  during the Salvation Army's 25th Annual Sears Holiday Shopping Spree.  Each child received $100 to spend on brand new clothes during the shopping spree at the Sears in Santa Monica. Volunteers from The Salvation Army Santa Monica Corps Community Center's Advisory Board, service clubs, businesses, and near-by schoolsl escorted and assist each child as they made their selections and purchases.Santa Claus, though not shopping, visited with the children while the SAMOHI (Santa Monica High School) Madrigal singers fill the air with the sounds of holiday music.

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