- The Apopka Serves Foundation delivered gifts to 150 homeless or unaccompanied youth from three local schools during their annual toy drive.
- Mayor Bryan Nelson, acting as Santa Claus, handed out gifts at the breakfast event held at Propagate Social House.
- Ella Duke started the toy drive four years ago after realizing some kids were left out of holiday programs, and community support has grown since then.
The Apopka Serves Foundation recently delivered gifts from its annual toy drive at a breakfast with Santa on Saturday at Propagate Social House.
“These kids are almost all high school-age kids, but the way that you see their eyes light up when Santa comes onto the deck, you would think that they were still little kids,” said Ella Duke, Propagate Social House and Hall’s on 5th co-owner.
Apopka Serves was able to deliver gifts for 150 children from residents across the Apopka community. The foundation partnered with three area schools — Apopka High School, Wekiva High School, and Apopka Middle School — to determine which kids were experiencing homelessness or who qualified as unaccompanied youths…