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Families Under Financial Stress Can Visit Free Action Center Holiday Shop

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - The Action Center holiday gift shop is now up and running. The shop allows families needing a hand to find gifts for their children ahead of the holidays.

The shop is free of charge to the families. It's open every day through Dec. 14.

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It's all designed to help hundreds of families with financial pressure during the holiday season.

One mom says her daughter has pneumonia and asthma.

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"I'm glad she's better so she can go to school so she doesn't have to see what we're going to get," said Juanita Lucero.

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Guardians of nearly 4,000 children will visit the shop this year, officials say.

The Action Center still needs several gift donations.

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