"This is from St. Pius to all you guys," says Anthony Avery, who manages the resource center in Savannah.
"James, is that you? This is yours," Avery says to a small, anxious child whose face bursts into a smile as the boy takes the package.
James is a member of the Tyson family, a family that needs some help this Christmas. His mom Wanda definitely has her hands full. "I have ten children," she says. "And we are struggling right now, really struggling."
Wanda says her children range in age from 23 to one year and there's no money for gifts or really even Christmas dinner this year. "I do temporary work and I haven't been working much lately," she tells me. "And my husband works in construction and that's really slow too."
As part of its annual holiday project, families like the Tysons are receiving gifts and food baskets along with gift cards for places like Walmart.
"We had 40 families sign up this year, " says Avery. "Unfortunately, we couldn't help all of them. The good news is we could help some."
"The expression that I'm hearing from the community right now is we need help," Avery says.
Avery says a number of organizations donated food and gifts and they tried to pick families they knew had few other options. Most parents for example, are without work right now. He says the families they could not pick for the gift distribution were referred to other agencies.
Avery also has a message for those who may hear about the distribution. "It's never too late to help," he says. "I'm going to be here until Christmas Eve. We'll be providing gifts, whatever comes in we're giving out."
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