Photo and Video Gallery: Secret Families 2019

A group of volunteers poses for a photo at the Secret Families event at Toyota of Muncie. (Note the fellow in the back who "jumped up" for the photo bomb opportunity. His feet aren't on the ground. I watched his perfectly timed, perfectly centered jump.) Photo by: Mike RhodesA group of volunteers poses for a photo at the Secret Families event at Toyota of Muncie. (Note the fellow in the back who "jumped up" for the photo bomb opportunity. His feet aren't on the ground. I watched his perfectly timed, perfectly centered jump.) Photo by: Mike Rhodes

Photos, music, and video by: Mike Rhodes, Editor-in-Chief, MuncieJournal.com—

Muncie, IN— Today, 357 families were delivered gifts, a tree or both.

Ben Smith of the Muncie accounting firm of Estep Doctor and Company said this year’s Muncie Secret Families event resulted in a total of $125,600 in gifts purchased, wrapped and delivered.

That’s a whopping $1.1 million over the past 15 years. Congratulations to Al Holdren, Toyota of Muncie, Meijer, Indiana Pacers, Jakks Toy Store, Blood-N-Fire ministries, Woof Boom Radio, volunteers, and the Muncie community for your tireless efforts on behalf of families in Delaware County.

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Related article from the Muncie Journal archives.

Al Holdren’s “Secret Families Christmas Charity” to Take Place December 3rd.