CARMEL- Santa’s elves were busy Saturday wrapping and distributing dozens and dozens of gifts delivered to more than 300 underprivileged families throughout Putnam County.
The holiday initiative began in 2007 when organizer Sue Stone provided gifts to six families and thanks to the efforts of the Hamlet of Carmel Civic Association’s Holiday on the Lake program, the project has grown in leaps and bounds.
As brightly wrapped holiday goodies were handed over to residents of Carmel, Kent, Patterson, Southeast, and North Salem by Stone’s volunteers at the Lake Carmel Fire Department headquarters, ‘Santa’ Sue explained: “We receive a wish list from each child through the efforts of Brewster, Carmel, Mahopac and North Salem school social workers. Not only are toys on those lists but clothing—even requests for bed sheets.”…