The holidays can be a lonely time of year for kids in foster care. But one local organization is trying to make the holidays brighter for many of them. St. Vincent de Paul organizes a statewide project that delivers holiday gifts to kids in Georgia’s foster care system. Atlanta-based consumer advocate Clark Howard started the program more than 30 years ago.
“As a rule, we have about 7,500 volunteers a year,” says St. Vincent de Paul’s Chief Operating Officer Darrell Hooker. “About 2,500 of those are our core volunteers…and then we have what we call a casual volunteer.”
On a recent Friday, more than a dozen volunteers unloaded gifts like bikes, dolls, books, and scooters in a giant East Point warehouse.
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