To the Editor:

As I write this letter, there are tears of gratitude in my eyes, and there is a 16-foot rental truck sitting in my driveway. The truck is filled to capacity with more than 1,800 new toys that were donated by generous, enthusiastic young people and others in our community who helped support this year’s S.A.N.T.A. – Send A New Toy (to) Appalachia – Project.

On Monday, my husband and I drove the truck to Estill County in Kentucky, where the toys could be distributed to underprivileged children who, without this support, would not have holiday gifts at all.