The Willow Grove-based Kisses for Kyle Foundation launched their 15th annual holiday gift drive in November to support children and families facing a cancer diagnosis.

The Foundation recently announced that it provided gifts to over 1,000 children and their parents through six holiday programs. They highlighted their online gift drive which provided 1818 gifts valued over $40,000 to 603 children.

From the announcement:

We began working on this program over the summer until it wrapped up yesterday with most gifts received and a handful on their way. Bob Steck worked tirelessly leading our team, putting in very long hours & efforts along with ordering several hundred gifts remaining on our registry at the end with funds we raised to make sure each child signed up receives their gifts. Our gift registry team over and above Bob includes Sharon Steck, Megan Reithmeier, Cheryl Sentman McCullough, Nancy Farber Gordon & Julie Eckbold! I can’t begin to explain how much focus, time and efforts each placed and how much gratitude I have in my heart for each of these very kind souls

To get us to 1818 gifts into the hands of our kids, we sure needed A LOT of community support and we sure received it! We had 571 donors between purchasing gifts and sending monetary donations!!! We appreciate all of you more than you can begin to imagine. We hope everyone knows how grateful we are as you are helping us bring joy, love, care, fun and celebration into our families homes and hearts.

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