A Clarence family started a charity in honor of a loved one. It has grown so much that they'll be wrapping and delivering 3,000 gifts to families in need this year.
Good Neighbors: Christmas Blessing Tis the season of giving and a charity called Christmas Blessing is making sure children and adults in WNY will have special gifts this year. Author: Melissa Holmes Updated: 9:28 PM EST December 23, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. Kate Tolley Gerlach, of North Buffalo, says her father, John, hated how commercialized Christmas had become. So the year before his sudden passing in 2019, her family wanted to do its part to change that. We decided the year before he passed away that we would no longer give each other gifts, we would give to someone that was in need, she said.