The second annual “Caroling With Gracie” food drive charity event drove car parades through Santa Clarita Wednesday night to spread holiday cheer, and collected over 2,000 cans of food and cash for local non-profits.
Wednesday night saw the first of two nights of cars and trailers driving through Santa Clarita neighborhoods, drumming up holiday cheer and attention for the GracieStrong charity event.
“Caroling With Gracie was a huge success,” said Bryan Muehlberger. “We just delivered 2,083 canned goods and food items to Santa Clarita Grocery and collected $400 in cash for SCV Family Promise.”
Gracie Muehlberger was one the victims of the Saugus High School shooting in November of 2019. Her parents started the GracieStrong Foundation in her name to help the local community and youth.
The GracieStrong Organization plans on matching the $400 for a total donation of $800 to SCV Family Promise, and this donation is nearly double what it was last year, according to Bryan Muehlberger.
“We had a caravan of 15 to 20 cars in the parade with lights and singing,” Muehlberger said. “It was really amazing, there were families waiting outside with coco, and others came running outside because they heard the noise we were making, it was really magical.”
Car decoration contests are scheduled to be held as well, with GracieStrong merchandise provided to all participants and gift cards given to the people who win first, second, and third place in the competitions.
Next year’s event is said to be even bigger, according to Muehlberger.
“We learned a lot this year and the car parade was a huge success as a curbside pickup,” Muehlberger added. “The whole thing really was about the season of people coming together and being there for each other.”
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