Many homes in the Southeast received the gift of free chips from La Cocina this past week.

Jamie Lefko lives in Blumenort and says she was delighted by the surprise visit.

"We were just sitting in our living room watching Christmas movies and I noticed a La Cocina trailer pulled up in front of the house and before we knew it, we heard something at our door. It was just great."

Lefko took to Facebook to thank La Cocina for the gift and the note of encouragement only to discover that many others in Blumenort had similar experiences.

Pat Warkentin is the owner of La Cocina Foods which is located two miles north of Blumenort on Greenland Road. He explains why they did this giveaway late last week.

"Basically, the whole COVID thing has taken a large toll on people, and in our family, we lost a family member a couple of weeks ago and so we were just looking to spread joy instead of sitting around being sad. We came up with this idea and thought it would be a good year to give back to the community and people that have supported us through the years and that is really how it started."

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