Santa’s Workshop in Great Bend was open to the public on Monday, Dec. 9, for children of all ages.

Great Bend High School students, community volunteers and Great Bend Recreation Commission staff transformed the City Auditorium into Santa’s Workshop for the 28th year. Children could participate at holiday themed booths throughout the night and visit Santa with their wish list. 

Students from the Great Bend High School Student Organizations, BCC Softball Team, Barton County Sheriff’s Department, Great Bend Fire/EMS Department, Great Bend Police Department, and the Great Bend Recreation Commission helped with the free event. The USD 428 Parents as Teachers, Parent Teacher Resource Center - PTRC, Sunflower Early Education Center, and Great Bend Public Library Children’s Department provided a mini–Santa’s Workshop in the Burnside Room in the Recreation Center designed for preschoolers.

Business donations were provided by: Great Bend Recreation Commission, BTI - Great Bend, C & V Home Improvement Inc., Dillons, Eagle Communications, Hammeke Electric Inc., Kiwanis Club of Great Bend, Marmie Auto Group, Northview Nursery & Landscape, Office Products Inc., Optimist Club of Great Bend, Pryor Automatic Fire Sprinkler Inc., Scott’s Welding Service Inc., TruStage, University of Kansas Health Systems-Great Bend, Walmart and Wheatland Electric Cooperative Inc.