The West Seattle Rotary Club with help from local fraternities and sororities gathered to help under privileged children in West Seattle for the 44th annual Christmas Shopping Spree. The club members were joined by the fraternal organizations outside the Sears store in Westfield mall at Southcenter in Tukwila in the early morning. Kids from area elementary schools are chosen by who utilizes the free lunch programs at the school with 100 children being selected.

They are taken down to the mall via bus and sized for shoes, then given socks, a warm coat, and a $100 Sears gift card. Then it was time for breakfast at the Rainforest Cafe where they get to know their shopping companions, adult volunteers who take them into Sears to buy shoes and other essentials with their gift card.

Home street Bank was the lead sponsor for a gift bag for the kids this year.

Sale prices at Sears are discounted an additional 10% for the children.