One family in Kingston was given presents and gift cards because of their charity efforts. Author: Chelsea Strub Updated: 6:24 PM EST December 23, 2020
KINGSTON, Pa. Gifts filled the waiting area inside the Kingston municipal building on Wednesday, but that wasn t their final destination.
These gifts were then taken to the Benjamin family in Kingston. The police department chose them to be the recipients of the officers and other community members fundraising efforts.
What made this family stand out to the officers was a toy drive the Benjamin s do every year in honor of their daughter Madison. She died in 2013 at the age of 4, after complications from a condition called Nemaline Myopathy.
KINGSTON â For the Benjamin family, Christmas arrived a little bit early.
From the porch of their Main Street home, the family watched as a load of gifts arrived not by reindeer-drawn sleigh, but by police car on Wednesday afternoon.
Gifts made possible by donations from Kingston police and others included a television, a Chromebook, a dollhouse and other toys.
âIt made me feel really good, and I actually had tears in my eyes, just to see how happy they were,â Tracy Benjamin said of her three children. âI just feel really good that people still help each other out.â
Police Chief Richard Kotchik said the department worked with DJ Donnie Evans to make the event happen.