Santa has made an early delivery for 50 children on Hilton Head Island, said Knights of columbus member and parishioner of the Holy Family Frank Sheridan.
“They were pretty excited,” Sheridan said.
“Ironically, whether they were a 4 year old toddler receiving a big wheel, or a 12 year old, they all had the same level of ‘That’s good!’ “, did he declare.
Volunteers with the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic service organization, and parishioners from Holy family, a church on Hilton Head Island, loaded the bikes into vans around 7 a.m. on December 19, Sheridan said.
This is the second annual delivery for children aged 4 to 12 and is a big step forward from delivering around 20 bikes last year, he said. declared. Sheridan attributes this year’s success to being “more aggressive” in getting the word out about what they were doing.
“I was pleasantly overwhelmed by the support we received,” said Sheridan. “It’s not a big mystery: just get some children’s bikes for Christmas. ”
People were willing to donate lightly used bikes, Sheridan said, but the organization did not accept them.
“We thought it was important that every kid had a bike for Christmas, so the rule was that it had to be a new bike,” he said. “We received tremendous support from the whole community. ”
The “outpouring of generosity,” said Sheridan, was incredible to experience.
The only downside, he joked, was that his garage was overrun with bikes and he had trouble fitting the training wheels for the little ones.
“It took more work than a regular two-wheeled bike,” he said, quickly adding, “To see a little kid jump on that Ferris wheel and start trucking was worth it.”
This story was originally published 24 December 2021 3:34 pm.
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