| Credit: Courtesy Mike Esmond
A Florida man who helped dozens of families last holiday season is giving back to his community yet again – and this time, he's assisting more than 100 families in need.
Ahead of Christmas in 2019, Michael Esmond paid nearly $4,600 in gas and water bills for 36 Gulf Breeze families whose payments were past due after he experienced similar circumstances back in 1983, PEOPLE previously reported.
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So when the holidays rolled around this year, Esmond, 74, felt compelled to do it again — especially after a difficult year that saw Florida pummeled by Hurricane Sally and the economic impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to CNN.