Photos: All wrapped up in holiday warmth

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

250 Academy Mortgage managers from across the United States, in conjunction with the company's annual Leadership Summit, work together to make more than 1,000 fleece blankets from 2,500 pounds of fabric for patients at Primary Children's Hospital. They also wrapped over 600 Christmas presents for 25 refugee families who are now living in Salt Lake City. The gifts were all donated by Academy employees and include couches, washing machines and dryers, televisions, DVD players and bikes. The group made the blankets in a ballroom at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

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Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune 250 Academy Mortgage managers from across the United States, in conjunction with the company's annual Leadership Summit, work together to make more than 1,000 fleece blankets from 2,500 pounds of fabric for patients at Primary Children's Hospital. They also wrapped over 600 Christmas presents for 25 refugee families who are now living in Salt Lake City. The gifts were all donated by Academy employees and include couches, washing machines and dryers, televisions, DVD players and bikes. The group made the blankets in a ballroom at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune 250 Academy Mortgage managers from across the United States, in conjunction with the company's annual Leadership Summit, work together to make more than 1,000 fleece blankets from 2,500 pounds of fabric for patients at Primary Children's Hospital. They also wrapped over 600 Christmas presents for 25 refugee families who are now living in Salt Lake City. The gifts were all donated by Academy employees and include couches, washing machines and dryers, televisions, DVD players and bikes. The group made the blankets in a ballroom at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune 250 Academy Mortgage managers from across the United States, in conjunction with the company's annual Leadership Summit, work together to make more than 1,000 fleece blankets from 2,500 pounds of fabric for patients at Primary Children's Hospital. They also wrapped over 600 Christmas presents for 25 refugee families who are now living in Salt Lake City. The gifts were all donated by Academy employees and include couches, washing machines and dryers, televisions, DVD players and bikes. The group made the blankets in a ballroom at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune 250 Academy Mortgage managers from across the United States, in conjunction with the company's annual Leadership Summit, work together to make more than 1,000 fleece blankets from 2,500 pounds of fabric for patients at Primary Children's Hospital. They also wrapped over 600 Christmas presents for 25 refugee families who are now living in Salt Lake City. The gifts were all donated by Academy employees and include couches, washing machines and dryers, televisions, DVD players and bikes. The group made the blankets in a ballroom at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune 250 Academy Mortgage managers from across the United States, in conjunction with the company's annual Leadership Summit, work together to make more than 1,000 fleece blankets from 2,500 pounds of fabric for patients at Primary Children's Hospital. They also wrapped over 600 Christmas presents for 25 refugee families who are now living in Salt Lake City. The gifts were all donated by Academy employees and include couches, washing machines and dryers, televisions, DVD players and bikes. The group made the blankets in a ballroom at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune 250 Academy Mortgage managers from across the United States, in conjunction with the company's annual Leadership Summit, work together to make more than 1,000 fleece blankets from 2,500 pounds of fabric for patients at Primary Children's Hospital. They also wrapped over 600 Christmas presents for 25 refugee families who are now living in Salt Lake City. The gifts were all donated by Academy employees and include couches, washing machines and dryers, televisions, DVD players and bikes. The group made the blankets in a ballroom at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune 250 Academy Mortgage managers from across the United States, in conjunction with the company's annual Leadership Summit, work together to make more than 1,000 fleece blankets from 2,500 pounds of fabric for patients at Primary Children's Hospital. They also wrapped over 600 Christmas presents for 25 refugee families who are now living in Salt Lake City. The gifts were all donated by Academy employees and include couches, washing machines and dryers, televisions, DVD players and bikes. The group made the blankets in a ballroom at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

· December 3, 2015 2:29 pm

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On Wednesday, 250 employees of the Academy Mortgage Corporation gathered at the Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City to make more than 1,000 fleece blankets for patients at Primary Children's Hospital. They also wrapped over 600 Christmas presents for 25 refugee families now living in Salt Lake City.

The gifts were all donated by Academy employees and included couches, washing machines and dryers, televisions, DVD players, bikes, clothing and toiletries.