For the 17th annual Adopt Greene County Families for the Holidays program, Greene County Ohio Democrats outdid themselves once again in their generosity to eight local families, with a holiday to remember for the rest of their lives.
Care packages were distributed to eight families with children on December 18th. Each family received food (fresh, frozen, and canned), toiletries, personal and cleaning supplies, gifts for the children, and gift cards. This event always generates a tremendous response from the GCDP membership
Each family was told to bring an empty van or truck to accommodate the number of packages the GCDP members had for each family. Vans were literally filled front to back and floor to ceiling, including the rear and often front seats, with packages. Each family member who arrived to receive the packages was overwhelmed with what they received. The comment most often heard was “I never expected so much – thank you!”
GCDP’s office manager and chief organizer for the program, Eileen Martin, said, “The members’ response to this year’s request for donations was magnificent! It was a touching experience to see that the families’ needs were so well filled.” Members shopped, wrapped, donated, packed, and helped put packages into the vans of the folks when they arrived to pick up the packages. Eileen added a special “thank you” to Cindy Curtis and Bev Hogue. “They helped to make this program a success at every step of the process.”
We, the membership of the GDCP wish to thank the families that we adopted for giving us the privilege of helping them to have a more joyful holiday season.
