Santa’s sleigh is getting a little help from a convoy of Jeeps and others in western North Carolina this December.
Neal Ashburn with RevFast and Trace Lanier Hall with Wicked Jeeps NC are partnering with Operation Helo to help kids in WNC after the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
It’s an effort they’re calling Toys4WNC, and they’ve already set up over 100 different spots in North Carolina and South Carolina to collect toys.
“We want to give these kids a Christmas they’ve never experienced before,” Ashburn told Channel 9′s Eli Brand.
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Dozens of boxes of toys are already piled up at Rev Fast in Mooresville, and they’ll be taking donations until Dec. 14. That’s when the toys will be taken to the West Yancey Fire Department, where parents can gather gifts for their children.
They’re calling it The Great Toy Convoy.
“Once you start with the giving and once you start seeing the faces and how appreciative they are and how much they truly need it, that feeling inside of you makes you want to do more,” Hall told Brand.