Christmas Gift Drives Held at Scranton

Hundreds of gifts were donated to local children at Christmas through The University of Scranton’s annual giving programs.

The University of Scranton’s Center for Service and Social Justice collected hundreds of donated toys for area children through annual Christmas giving programs on campus. Helping to sort through the donated items are, from left, University students Sophie Chmelicek, an engineering management major from Manlius, New York; Zoe Honney, a cybercrime and homeland security major from Scranton; Sophia Carranza, a psychology major from Union City, New Jersey; and Bradly Kaufman, a Kinesiology major from Scranton.

The University of Scranton’s Center for Service and Social Justice collected hundreds of donated toys for area children through annual Christmas giving programs on campus. Helping to sort through the donated items are, from left, University students Sophie Chmelicek, an engineering management major from Manlius, New York; Zoe Honney, a cybercrime and homeland security major from Scranton; Sophia Carranza, a psychology major from Union City, New Jersey; and Bradly Kaufman, a Kinesiology major from Scranton.

University of Scranton students, faculty and staff participated in annual Christmas gift-giving programs organized by the Center for Service and Social Justice. Toys donated through the Giving Tree from students, staff and faculty, as well as Scranton Baseball, the Psychology Club and Performance Music’s Empty Stocking Concert, were collected and sorted by the Center for Service and Social Justice. The toys will be donated to the Gifts for Kids giveaway, a program with the Catherine McAuley Center, Friends of the Poor, the Salvation Army and Catholic Social Services. The event will be hosted at the University’s Byron Recreation Complex on Dec. 15 and 16.