When help is needed, people do come through. For the Saturday night and Sunday afternoon Toy Event at the Boys and Girls Club, a total of 137 volunteers showed up ready to do whatever was necessary to provide each parent with two toys per child for Christmas. That was twice the volunteers we had last year-and the committee is so very grateful. A group of UT freshmen came and a mission group from Boston, Massachusetts-who even stayed and helped clean up and load the toys not used (which will be used by the Unicorn Fund and Morgan-Scott Project for later events). This year 432 families were served. That covered 528 male and 556 female children for a total of 1,084. The event was held on Sunday this year and the hours were shorter but there was ample time to serve everyone. Last year 571 families were served and 1,230 children served. (This is the total at the end of December). The event this year was supported by the Unicorn Fund, Morgan-Scott Project, Appalachian Life Quality Initiative (ALQI), Salvation Army, Operation Sharing TN, and Women's Shelter.
The gym was filled with toys and games.
Long lines
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