Mowhawk Man delivers Christmas cheer
Updated: December 21, 2012
GEORGETOWN -- 2012 has been tough for one mother. She and her son found themselves suddenly in the hospital. And the
bills put "holiday spirit" out of reach.
Ashley Ball was ready to let this Christmas
pass by. But a friend convinced her to reach out to a local Santa Claus known
for helping out.
"It was exciting," said Ball as
her kids placed their donated gifts under the tree. "To see their faces light
up and to see them put all their stuff under the tree and to know that on Christmas
morning they all are going to have things to open up."
Which is something Ball thought
wouldn't happen.
"I haven't been able to work for
some time because of his accident, his recovery," she said describing her son
Alex.
He broke his collar bone and fractured
his skull when he was hit by a truck. It happened while he was riding his bike
to school.
"Then shortly after that I got
sick and my surgery," said ball.
Ball was rushed to the hospital to
have tumors removed from her skull and brain last month. Thankfully, she and
her son are healthy now, something the mother of three felt was good enough to
ask for this holiday season.
That is until a camouflaged Kris Kringle
delivered some Christmas cheer.
"The families that we help are
the families that have played by the rules, done things right, and they truly
deserve to be on the nice list," said Mowhawk Man. "We're just very
blessed. And we wanted to share that blessing with a family who is so
deserving."
"I think that there should
definitely be a lot more people like that out there that are willing to step up
and help their community out and help those in need," said Ball. "So I really
appreciate Mowhawk for doing that for me and my family."
Mowhawk "Claus" didn't work alone. He
wanted to thank all the volunteers that help him bring Christmas to those in
need. In fact after helping ball, he hopped back in his motorized sleigh to
make another delivery in Rantoul.
