SHIM's Angel Emporium Brightens the Holidays for Struggling Families

South Hills Interfaith Ministries (SHIM), which runs the Prospect Park Family Center in Whitehall Borough, organized a large holiday gift drive recently for struggling families in the Pittsburgh area.

SHIM enlisted the support of local schools, congregations, businesses and residents to give thousands of donated gifts to those families.

The group offered gifts for both adults and children to "shop" for during the holidays.

Volunteers from area high schools then helped the families to wrap the gifts to exchange with their loved ones at a later time.

"Gleeful secrecy is the mood of the day as families leave with their gifts," said Kate Snyder, community relations manager for SHIM.

SHIM also put together a video so that participants could tell others what the program means to them. Click on the arrow in the media above to watch that video.

This article originally appeared on the ChartiersValley Patch.

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