The Elves Chronicle

A boy facing challenging obstacles, finds himself the star of a special pick-up game On Christmas Eve, the limousine driver pulled up to the Independence Events Center and parked, telling the Hibbeler family that he needed to make a brief stop from their sight-seeing tour. Sixteen-year-old Nick Hibbeler didn’t care. This limo ride was the

Kirk and Barbara Johnson were never ones to take friends for granted, so they weren’t surprised when friends rallied round following Kirk’s diagnosis of colon cancer. Kirk was just 41 years old in 2006. He had a successful remodeling business, and he and Barbara were active in the lives of their four children and other

A country boy living in the city needs the right kind of wheels Why are there Elves at Christmas? “Because the whole world is broken when someone close to you has cancer,” said Kim, a former recipient-turned member of the anonymous organization known as The Elves of Christmas Present. “It really makes you understand that

A girl leaves college to help her family, giving up her dreams… she thinks. Up until Christmas Eve, Kristen Aggeler had no idea how her family would raise the money to pay her father’s staggering medical bills. Her father was self-employed and has only a few thousand dollars in health insurance. Now, she doesn’t need