A COUPLE played Santa with a Christmas appeal that helped 617 children and almost 500 families with gifts for vulnerable children. Reece Chaplin and his fiancée Stephanie Childs received more than £3,300 in donations and were able to contribute to over 6,000 toys and gifts. Reece said: “Without the community we can’t do any of it. It was my own appeal and I pledged to give the donations to the Christmas toy appeal. “Save On Tyres said for every maxis tyre they sold they gave £2.50 of it to our donation. So for a set of four it would be £10 to us. “When I shopped in The Entertainer they said whatever I spend they would give me a bit more. I spent £2,640 in the Entertainer they gave me £120 on a gift card to buy more toys. They also boxed and stored it because I have nowhere to do that.