Heartless Thieves Steal $8000 Worth Of Toys For 6000 Kids, Collected By A Church For Charity; A Couple Saves The Day With $45K

Dec 31, 2018 by apost team

Christmas is the time of giving. Most people are happy to contribute as much as they are able to when it comes to charity, especially when it involves children. Thousands of volunteers in every city come together with one goal in mind- to make Christmas a little bit brighter for kids who may not have much. Knowing they have helped make Christmas great again for so many is worth the time and effort of volunteering.

Unfortunately, a real-life “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” happened in Bridgeport. Connecticut. It occurred at The Greater Bridgeport Christian Fellowship Church, an organization known for being very giving during the holidays.

Members of the church, along with many volunteers, took a good two months organizing an amazing surprise for the kids of the town. During these two months, more than 1,000 toys were donated and collected by the church. These toys were to be distributed among 1,600 kids.

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Of course, more toys were needed with that amount of kids to help. They were also given the task to organize about $8,000 worth of toys from Toys for Tots. These toys were organized and packed into six separate storage pods that the church had set up outside of their doors. Despite the cold weather, the group happily worked until everything was where it was supposed to be. They were counting on the kids being happy and joyful when they received their gifts.

However, an unthinkable event happened right before the volunteers were about to deliver the presents they had worked so hard to collect and organize.

Thieves were able to break into four of the storage pods by cutting the locks off of them. They took every toy that they came across. No one could believe that someone could do such a terrible thing.

Lucas Burnley is a 36-year-old man who was shocked to hear that the robbery occurred. He remembered all the times that Toys for Tots had given him gifts when he was just a small child. He knew that he and his wife had to help. So, they both jumped into their car without hesitation and drove to the church, 200 miles away.

Are you ready to see what happened next? Click on the video below to find out!

We hope that all of the kids on the list got the toys they were hoping for! Leave us a comment and then pass this heartwarming story along to others!