Santa greets a little girl at the Oncenter entrance Wednesday. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Volunteers Meghan Martin and Nancy Motondo of the SUNY Center for Professional Development share a laugh. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Left to right, volunteers Eloquence Flowers, 16, Makayla Sheridan, 17, and Myra Menon, 16, all of Syracuse, sort stuffed animals. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Volunteer Meghan Martin of the SUNY Center for Professional Development sorts canned vegetables. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Volunteer Cindy Bridge, of Syracuse, representing Saab Inc., replenishes toys. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Volunteers load boxes on a conveyor belt at the Oncenter Wednesday. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Left, Keitha Oakes, of Syracuse, picks out stuffed animals with volunteer Rhonda Montgomery, of Syracuse, representing Solvay Bank. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Left to right, Volunteers Donna Farner and Greg Edwards, both of Syracuse, wait for vehicles to arrive to pick up boxes of food. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Volunteer Darryl Mercer prepares to load boxes of food into a car. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Boys wait for their ride at the Oncenter Wednesday. Michelle Gabel | Central Current 
Volunteer April Beier, of Syracuse, says hello to a dog before food is loaded into the car. Michelle Gabel | Central Current
Volunteers distributed toys, books and food to income-eligible families during Salvation Army’s Christmas Bureau Distribution Day earlier this week.
About 10,000 families are served during annual event, according to the Salvation Army.
The 2022 event took place at the Oncenter Convention Center, Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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