ABC Columbia
Dec 24, 2020 6:17 PM EST
COLUMBIA (WOLO): A fire at the River Oaks Apartment Complex Wednesday left several families displaced just before the Christmas Holiday.
But Thursday morning, a local nonprofit organization, helped bring a little bit of joy and hope to these families with a gift giveaway.
A gift one Columbia mother of two wasn’t expecting.
River’s Edge Retreat, a local nonprofit, donated toys, gift-cards, and $100 dollar bills to 15 families in need after their apartment homes caught fire Wednesday.
Steve Ware, CEO of River’s Edge Retreat says, “for these kids to wake up on Christmas morning and not have any Christmas gifts to open up…it shouldn’t happen. We wanted to meet some of their wants, and that is to be the Santa Claus on Christmas morning for them.”