Months of preparation and the involvement of hundreds of volunteers came to a successful conclusion Saturday with the delivery of Christmas Friends gifts to 256 disadvantaged children and senior adults in Middlesex County.
Volunteers in vans and trucks carrying a bag of gifts for each one, plus a few bikes and other larger items, spread out in 12 delivery areas throughout the county. Thirty-one bags were returned because the recipients were not at home. They were taken to the Middlesex Department of Social Services at Cooks Corner for pick up.
Christmas Friends is sponsored by the Southside Sentinel and the social services department, which screens and refers all recipients. This is the 39th year for the program.
