A community in New Jersey stepped up to rally around a nonprofit after a real-life Grinch got away with hundreds of toys for children in need.
Wheels of Change in West Deptford, New Jersey, was scrambling to replace hundreds of toys before Christmas after a thief allegedly cut the locks off their trailer and stole bags of gifts.
The organization had put the toys away in the trailer to set them aside for more than 600 children.
“Honestly, my stomach dropped. I wanted to cry,” Wheels of Change founder Brenda Gonzalez had told NBC Philadelphia. “As we were having a food distribution outside for Thanksgiving we noticed that the locks were cut.”
There are no surveillance cameras outside of the nonprofit’s building, so organizers said that they didn’t know when the theft happened or who possibly committed the theft.
Wheels of Change is a resource center that helps thousands of families every year and now they can help even more people thanks to the community who dropped off gift after gift on Friday morning.
Gonzalez said she wanted to thank the Grinch who allegedly stole their Christmas toys.
“Thank you because not only you took from us but you also have blessed us in the same time because now it is visible to everyone the work that we do and we are receiving tenfold,” Gonzalez said.
Wheels of Change is continuing to accept donations of new toys geared toward children ages 7 and up ahead of the holidays.
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