A 93-year-old toymaker, Ed Higinbotham, donated 300 trucks he made in his home workshop to be given to local Pennsylvania kids for Christmas.
Higinbotham has been donating his handcrafted cars, trucks, and horse-drawn tractors for about 30 years and recently began enlisting Pennsylvania State Police troopers to deliver to homeless shelters and Head Start programs.
鈥淚t鈥檚 just something that I enjoy doing, and now I make somebody else happy, and if that鈥檚 Santa Claus, then I鈥檓 Santa Claus,鈥� Higinbotham told local news station about his year-round hobby of crafting wood toys.
State Trooper Robert Broadwater tweeted a photo of Higinbotham with one of his handmade creations, causing the act of kindness to go viral.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a success. People really like Ed. They鈥檝e grown to him,鈥� Broadwater said, adding that the聽children who receive the special gifts also like to make them their own.
鈥淎 lot of them like to paint them, have fun with them. It鈥檚 not every day that you actually get a homemade wooden toy, and I think the young people appreciate that,鈥� the trooper concluded.
