“I don’t put up a tree,” said Paula Pouncey. “I stopped buying presents.” She wasn’t planning to do anything for Christmas.
Then Hill Alder Angel Hubbard left a flyer by her front door.
The flyer, which advertised a neighborhood toy and grocery giveaway in honor of the winter holidays, led Pouncey to the Hallock Street police substation on Sunday afternoon — alongside 414 other Hill families who made the trek through the frigid December cold.
Pouncey was excited for the collard greens. She was even more glad for the moment of neighborhood connection in what has sometimes been a challenging holiday season…