Woonsocket Adopt-A-Family is preparing hundreds of gifts for 1,100 families this year from their annual gift-sorting headquarters at the Woonsocket Elks Lodge at 380 Social St.
On Monday, donors lined up in the lodge's parking lot to bring in gifts for the non-profit with a mission to make Christmas a reality for more than 2,000 less fortunate children in Woonsocket by soliciting generous donors to “adopt” a child’s wish list for the season.
Among the individuals and local businesses to answer the call again this year was CVS Caremark, with hundreds of colleagues participating in the program, purchasing and wrapping gifts for more than 90 local children, and volunteering at the Adopt-a-Family distribution center.
At about 10 a.m., a CVS box truck pulled up and was quickly unloaded by a fire-brigade team of volunteers. Their efforts will help Adopt-A-Family provide a bright Christmas for the children of close to 1,100 families, said organizer Bev Dennis. "It's going to be a very busy year," she said.
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