Seven years ago, Jenn and Mike Siegel helped their friend Tina Nicol-Grady make Christmas for two little Tullytown girls who didn’t have anything.
“We’ve always been about giving and not getting,” the Siegels said.
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As the years have gone, the Siegels have been among a group of elfs who have helped grow the program that provides Christmas to 171 Bucks County kids who have lost one or both parents to addiction. Nicol-Grady, who has led the drive, worked with her team of volunteers to expand the effort every single year since.
Donations collected by more than 30 area businesses – ranging from mom-and-pop shops to Estée Lauder and Six Flags – aided the Children Without Parents Toy Drive this year.
Nicol-Grady’s Morrisville Borough home was packed full of donations in the final days of the collection.
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On Friday evening, volunteers from the Hellraisers and Fire and Iron motorcycle clubs along with toy drive volunteers filled a truck with the donations and moved them to the Bristol Borough Area Active Adult Center to sort the gifts.
Volunteers fanned out Saturday to surprise the kids and drop off the gifts.
“This is just incredible. We got so much this year,” Nicol-Grady said.
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