Richland Hospital and Clinics’ Holiday Hope Tree supports local community
Dec 22, 2025, 4:38 PM CST
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RICHLAND CENTER, WIS. (WRCO / WRCE) Shortly after the tags went on the Holiday Hope Tree in the cafeteria at The Richland Hospital and Clinics they started disappearing. Requests from area school districts were quickly met by staff and volunteers. Soon, the gifts started coming back, brightly papered, in all shapes
and sizes, with the appropriate gift tag affixed on top.
Ashley Klingaman, registered nurse, Sarah Stibbe, administrative assistant and volunteer coordinator, Dwight Allbaugh, who helped make deliveries to the schools, and Megan Ryan, administrative assistant, who helped organize gifts by groups, created a proverbial Santa’s Village. In total, just shy of 150 tags were filled and nearly 20 meal gifts assembled, up from last year’s 120 tags total.
The Richland Hospital and Clinics’ Holiday Hope Tree supported families in Ithaca, Kickapoo, Richland Center, Riverdale, and River Valley school districts.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at [email protected].
Jo Ann Krulatz is Senior Radio Journalist and News Director at WRCO and WRCE in Richland Center. Email her at [email protected].
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