FLOC was contacted by a young mother who recently moved to Dayton right before the holidays. She had absolutely nothing to offer her three little ones. I received this email as I was corresponding with Norm Rich, a well-loved teacher at Alter High School, and the moderator for Key Club.

Alter always hosts one of our Christmas for Kids barrels, and I thought I had seen a Christmas tree by one of these barrels; I asked Norm if we could donate this tree to the family. I asked him if there might be anything in addition there may be to give to this family in need. The bowling team at Alter sprang into action.

Within a few days, Norm and the bowling team members collected dozens and dozens of gifts. Norm and I filled my trunk. FLOC volunteers put the tree up in our offices, and placed the gifts underneath. The mom came in to find a group of us from FLOC, wrapped around a Christmas miracle from these phenomenal students at Alter. The tree went home, to be trimmed by a family filled with the magic of the holidays.