CLEVELAND, Ga. — Christmas giving is in the air. Friday and Saturday, December 13 and 14, were a great example of community giving as White County Family Connections distributed toys and other items to needy children in White County as part of the annual White Christmas program.
Nanette Baughman Family Connection Executive Director said both Friday and Saturday volunteers turned out to distribute the items that were donated by the community, “And the community has stepped up big time, where we were even having folks call after all of the children were adopted, still wanting to know how they could help. So we all know we live in a great community, but this is just another example of what White County does for our people,” said Baughman.
This year Baughman said they had 223 families who signed up which represents 526 children that will have presents on Christmas, who might not have received them.
According to Baughman among the items donated, that the children had requested, were 85 bikes, basketball goals, and a trampoline. Serving all these family was a massive undertaking and Baughman said thanks to the 25 to 30 volunteers who showed up they were able to do this.
She had special thanks for the Bridge Church for allowing them to use their facility for the event and for many people who donated funds.
Baughman said, “We had lots of folks who wanted to support but didn’t want to do the shopping so they donated monetarily so that we could do the fillings and shops. So don’t want to discount that because that’s a great addition as well.”
