Special to the Daily
Thanks to some local dads from one Eagle neighborhood, hundreds of kids from up and down the valley will end 2020 with one less disappointment.
“We all have young kids, and it’s hard this time of year when kids can’t go see Santa,” said Blake Gould, a resident of The Orchards in Eagle, noticing a difficult trend for many parents this year due to COVID-19.
Fellow Orchards resident Jim Krzyzaniak had the idea to bring Santa safely to the streets of the neighborhood he has a connection with the ol’ Kris Kringle but Krzyzaniak needed some help from his neighbors. With Gould’s truck, Chad Roberts’ tree and lights as well as Taylor Walker’s cables and electrical skills, Gould called in a favor from his friend Adam Clark, who provided the trailer for Santa to ride on.