(Atlantic, IA) – Officials with the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce surprised a woman who is involved in several community organizations, with the Chamber’s 2025 “Angel of Christmas” award, this (Tuesday) morning. Her nominators wrote, Coleen Babe “has made an impact on this community, specifically on our youth in agriculture, [that] is second to none.”

They went on to say “She has spent the last 20-years developing leadership skills in our young people through a number of service activities,” [such as] chairing the royalty/ambassador program for the Cass County Cattlemen, organizing the county-wide hamburger feed program at the schools,” and so much more.

The 2025 Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce’ “Angel of Christmas,” Coleen Babe (Photo Courtesy the Atlantic Chamber)

Her nominators said “When you meet Coleen, you become part of her family. She takes care of all those around her, and without a doubt would give you the shirt off her back.”

For those, and many other reasons, “There is no one more fitting to receive such an award,” then Coleen Babe, this year’s Angel of Christmas.