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An Anonymous Gift Makes For A Brighter Christmas For South Fork Kids

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Nada Barry, left, and Gwen Waddington, right, of the Wharf Shop with Jenna Solis and Luna Paucar of the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, who bought gifts to be distributed to needy children in the community with the proceeds from an anonymous gift. COURTESY WHARF SHOP

Nada Barry, left, and Gwen Waddington, right, of the Wharf Shop with Jenna Solis and Luna Paucar of the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, who bought gifts to be distributed to needy children in the community with the proceeds from an anonymous gift. COURTESY WHARF SHOP

Thanks to an anonymous donor, clients of the Sag Harbor Food Pantry were able to select a gift for their children on Tuesday. Food pantry director Evelyn Ramunno and Lisa Field of the Sag Harbor Variety Store, who facilitated the donation, stand with the bounty. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

Thanks to an anonymous donor, clients of the Sag Harbor Food Pantry were able to select a gift for their children on Tuesday. Food pantry director Evelyn Ramunno and Lisa Field of the Sag Harbor Variety Store, who facilitated the donation, stand with the bounty. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

An anonymous donor paid for these toys that were distributed through the Sag Harbor Variety Store to clients of the Sag Harbor Food Pantry on Tuesday, STEPHEN J. KOTZ

An anonymous donor paid for these toys that were distributed through the Sag Harbor Variety Store to clients of the Sag Harbor Food Pantry on Tuesday, STEPHEN J. KOTZ

authorStephen J. Kotz on Dec 22, 2020
Christmas is bound to be a little brighter for hundreds of needy children on the South Fork, thanks to an anonymous couple who decided they wanted their charitable dollars to... more

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