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Mounds Head Start students have their own special Santa

Making the holidays merry and bright. That's what Lawrence Gleghorn and members of the Mounds community did for students enrolled at Mounds Head Start Early Learning Center on Dec. 15.

For more than six years, Gleghorn, who lives in Mounds and is known to the kids as "Mr. Lawrence," has gone door to door collecting toys and money from Mounds residents to buy the toys.

This year nearly $1,000 in donations was collected. Local businesses Dollar General, the Stop & Shop Grocery, Lunch Box Restaurant and Henderson Automotive contributed to the effort.

Each child was able to pick one toy to take home.

The children enjoyed picking out their own toys and thanking Mr. Lawrence for his generosity.

Cindy Rice, the Mounds Head Start assistant site supervisor with some of the happy children. Courtesy of S7 Head Start