ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —Instead of opening gifts, five children in St. Petersburg gave gifts on Christmas.

For four years, the Baxley family has been on a mission to provide gifts to the homeless.

What You Need To Know like 

  • Baxley family finds joy in providing gifts to homeless on Christmas

  • This year, they brought gifts to the homeless to St Vincent Du Paul 
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  • Members of the community donate items like blankets and face masks for the gift bags

  • In four years, the number of bags has increased from one to 100

They started with one big, and now they have 100, including essential items like face masks and blankets that all were donated by people in the community.

“We got so much stuff, so much love from the community that we were able to meet our goal,” Jessica Baxley said.

After packing it all up, they headed to St Vincent Du Paul in downtown St. Petersburg.

They were greeted by smiles behind every mask.

 “It’s a blessing, it’s a blessing.” one of the recipients said.