Pay It Forward holiday distribution
SALAMANCA — The Pay It Forward group made Christmas brighter for about 80 local families and nearly 200 children in need on Dec. 23.
This year’s program took place at the Salamanca Area Senior Center from where volunteers distributed food boxes and gifts to people waiting in line safely in their vehicles.
City of Salamanca firemen and police officers, along with fire personnel from the Little Valley Fire Dept., assisted the group with loading and transporting toys and food boxes to designated area families.
Volunteers from the Little Valley Fire Dept. pose before they take their load of toys and food boxes to designated families. (From left): David Hammond, Justin Stahley, Elf Amanda Brewer, Santa Wayne Park, Alan Terhune.
City of Salamanca firemen load toys and gifts into an ambulance.
A Seneca Fire Allegany Territory truck gets loaded with toys and food.
Some of the people who generously volunteered their time to the program. Pictured are (Front row, from left) Tracy Whitcomb, Pam Sturdevant, Sandy Magiera, (Second row) Jason Yaw, Theresa Yaw, Beth Callaghan, Shirley Roszyk, Sharon Rockwell and (Back) Chuck Yaw. Missing from the photo are Mary Pierce and Kathi Gimbrone, who coordinated the presents and made things go smoothly.
The spacious back room at the senior center was filled with toys, gifts and food boxes ready for distribution to local families in need.
