Miracle on 47th Street saves Christmas for Kansas City families [Video]

A local volunteer’s quick thinking and community support saved Christmas for hundreds of families after a miscommunication left a center without its usual toy donations.”I was watching TV Saturday morning, and I saw this story where this place was supposed to have Toys for Tots, but the email went to the wrong inbox or the spam folder or whatever, and then they had no toys. So the story really stuck with me,” said Alex Drill, a volunteer.Every year, the Emmanuel Center receives toys from Toys for Tots to give to its students, many of whom come from low-income families.But after a massive miscommunication, they were left scrambling, and Drill knew she had to step in.”So I texted a couple of friends, and I thought we’d put together five, ten, maybe 15 bucks each—maybe $100 tops. We ended up with $1,500 in 24 hours,” she said.All of these toys were being …