YMCA helps make season bright for kids
The James P. Gills Family Branch YMCA in Trinity recently held its annual Season of Giving event where 120 children were provided gifts.
A drive-thru Santa Claus, aka Scott Grant of Dade City, delivers a wrapped gift through a car window to Aydin Tippler, 7, over the top of his sister, Sara Rose Furlong, 3, on Dec. 5 They and little sister, Julia Elizabeth Furlong, 1, were in line to get gifts in the car of their mom, Rachel Weisberg, at the James P. Gills Family Branch YMCA in Trinity during its annual Season of Giving event. Some 120 children were provided gifts including a Boar's Head ham and gifts from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Â
While his mask hides his smile, Marcus Meyer, owner of Gator Cleaning Solutions, prepares to deliver gifts to cars during the James P. Gills Family Branch YMCA's annual Season of Giving Event. J.W. Mitchell High School students and YMCA staff dressed as masked elves and helped Santa and Mrs. Claus, aka Scott and Jackie Grant of Dade City, deliver gifts through the window of cars that individually drove up from a distant line.
James P. Gills Family Branch YMCA's Yukiko Schlotter, right, gives last-minute information to volunteer J.W. Mitchell High School students and staff members who dressed as elves to assist Santa and Mrs. Claus distribute gifts to some 120 children participating in the Season of Giving event.Â
Behind the scenes at the annual Season of Giving Event, volunteers from J.W. Mitchell High School , from left, Lauryn Lee, 17, Jillian Misemer, 18, and Grace Martin, 16, all harmoniously wrap gifts that were distributed to children at the event put together by the YMCA Togetherhood Committee.Â
J.W. Mitchell High School student volunteers wrapped hundreds of gifts that were distributed to children at the annual Season of Giving Event.
Hundreds of gifts were wrapped and distributed to children participating in the annual Season of Giving Event. Student volunteers from J.W. Mitchell High School, as well as YMCA staff members completed the monumental task.Â
Micah Mangino, 4, gets some gifts from Santa Claus (Scott Grant). Micah was at the event with is mom, Melissa Mangino of Trinity.
Mrs. Claus, aka Jackie Grant of Dade City, hands toys through one of the many car windows opened for receiving Christmas gifts during the annual event. Mrs. Claus, her husband Santa (Scott Grant), along with Pasco County Sheriff's K-9 deputies and a host of J.W. Mitchell volunteer students and YMCA staff members who posed as elves during the festive, but safe event.Â
You better watch out, especially if Santa Claus is watching from the rear of a refrigerated Boar's Head truck. Santa Claus was portrayed by Scott Grant of Dade City. Mrs. Claus, Jackie Grant of Dade City, was not far. Boar's Head and West Wind Provision provided a ham for those attending.Â
Mrs. Claus, left, (Jackie Grant of Dade City) and the Y's teen director, Amanda Smith, right, give a socially distant wave to passing cars filled with gifts  from the annual Season of Giving Event. Some 120 children participated in the event.Â
Amanda Smith, right, teen director at the James P. Gills Family Branch YMCA gets a photo for posterity of those who made the annual Season Of Giving event a reality. Some 120 children got gifts from their “wish list.” Joe Schlotter, left, looks on.
