NORWICH – Dozens of volunteers are pitching in to ensure every child in the Norwich City School district will have gifts to open this Christmas.

Norwich school social workers, in collaboration with The Place and the Toys for Tots organization, have worked diligently throughout the month of December to organize and implement the gift drive that has been done by the district since 1980.

Now 27 years later, organizer/school social worker Kelly Collins-Colosi says this year has been the biggest yet. “We are providing gifts for approximately 500 children,” she said.