Holiday Charity Gets Big Help From Local Entertainment Retailer
Boston, MA, September 12, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Christmas came a little early for a local charity raising much needed funds to help those in need during the holidays. This weekend, the Boston Angels of Need kicked off its Angel Tree registration and once again, Bopping Heads, a local entertainment company that produces hilarious and viral dancing videos as well as very unique and popular holiday greeting cards, raised over five thousand dollars over the weekend.
Enormous crowds gathered to create unique and custom bobble head holiday greeting card or a video holiday greeting card who is helping raise funds for the third year in a row.
"We get to help a great cause, and we get to make a great video from a company who truly cares."
Chad Nitkowski, Patron
"We are proud to help in any way that we can," said Brian King, owner of Bopping Heads of Boston. "Giving back to the community, especially the less fortunate is a great way to give back to those who have helped make us so successful this year."
For Sheila Kirkland, a Boston mother of four, the program means the difference between having something under the tree and having a little more food on the table this holiday season. "Last year, the Angels helped me a great deal and I hope to give back to this program one day," said Childers.
Chad Nitkowski, a single father of three, received help from the Angels 10-years ago. Now he helps-out at many of their fund raisers. "This is now my favorite of the pre-holiday fund raisers for Angels," said Nitkowski. "We get to help a great cause, and we get to make a great video from a company who truly cares."
Their motivations may have differed, but their missions proved to be the same: put smiles on the little faces they love come Christmas Day.
On the second day of the two-day event, the crowds got larger and the line got longer as the company agreed to donate their weekend proceeds to the Angel Tree Program. At the end of the day, Bopping Heads had raised $5138, all going to the charity.
"They're back again!" said Bernadette Penn with the Boston Angels of Need. "This time they've added their video greeting card which is actually just as popular, if not more popular than their bobble head greeting card. This has become so popular that last night we had to close at 9pm, but the line of people wanting to get their cards extended until 10pm when security had to shut us down because of the closure."
"The bobble head card has become a tradition for us," said Masse Percola, who has now attended all three years. "This year we came prepared to order 25 cards for our family and friends who always want to know where we get the cards made. However, when they added a new video card to the mix this year, we couldn't decide which one to order. They are both great. So we had 25 of each made and everyone will get 2 cards from us this year!"
"You will see those Angel Trees in the malls and at Walmart. People can go and select a child that they want to shop for," said Penn. "While they're shopping for their own children or their grandchildren, maybe they can help out another child as well, and get a very nice Bobble Head Doll or Card while they are here," stated Penn.
Thanks to the Angels of Need and Bopping Heads, the gift of Christmas will soon be hanging from an Angel Tree near you.
After Angel Tree registrations wrap up in Boston November 1, the public will be able to access Angel Trees at six area Walmart stores beginning November 30.
Source: Angels of Need