This is the 16th year for Operation Santa Claus in Rockport. Clothes are purchased for school children - shoes, socks, underwear, pants, shirts and a coat. About $75 is spent per child. There are around 300 children in Aransas County. The names are provided by school teachers and counselors who see the kids everyday and know who needs clothes. All the children in the family are purchased for - Can't show up at the door with presents for just one child. The Corpus Christi Caller Times does a big write up each year. This publicity brings in most of the donations. Volunteers shop for the kids, wrap, and deliver the gifts.
Last year, after a Wednesday business meeting, the agents at Coldwell Banker The Ron Brown Company in Rockport helped wrap the clothes and also helped deliver. Our agents did about 40 of those 300.
This project is being headed up by Terry Whitman, property manager in Rockport. She has 24 names to shop for. "It's my 5th year - and every year I wonder where I will get the time, but I wouldn't give it up - worth the reward and the tears!" said Terri. Call Terri at 361-727-1551(office) or 361-205-7122(cell) to get information on where to donate.
