Last year, the ABC Action News Gives Campaign donated nearly $8,000 in school uniforms to the students at Maximo Elementary School in St. Pete, and the giving continued into this school year. This time viewers took it upon themselves to drop off much-needed supplies.
Lisa Williams saw the original story and knew she could make a difference.
This month, she dropped off more than 100 gift bags, each with a new, warm, comfortable sweater. For Williams and friends, this is the definition of a special delivery.
“I read that over 60 kids are either homeless or living in cars, and I knew that we had to do something to help,” said Williams. “I saw that other people in the community were contributing and I’m like, ‘we can definitely do something.’”
Lisa was so inspired by the ABC Action News Gives story she decided to team up with friends and clients from her ad agency, Evolve & Co., to start their own donation drive.
“As soon as she called me, she told me the story, and I told her right away, ‘yes,’ a big yes,” said Tony Mangiafico with Gratzzi Italian Grill.