Pompano High, Broward Sheriff’s Office make giving toys a team effort

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Pompano High volunteer Melanie Cia helps arrange gifts outside the school that will be distributed to young students in need at Pompano Elementary.

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Cali Berrios was one of the Pompano High student volunteers at the event.

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Teacher Rick Nagy talks with Pompano High volunteers before the gifts get distributed to the students in need at Pompano Elementary.

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Pompano Elementary School student Tristan Nunez, middle, gives appreciation to Pompano High student volunteer Viviana Morales and a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy during the gift-giving event.

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Meera Ghanem was one of the Pompano High student volunteers at the event.

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Pompano High student volunteer Ally Vagelos, left, poses with elementary student Gabriela Hernandez who just received a big blue teddy bear for a gift. Sofia Ramirez, right, another student volunteer, helps out with the oversized bear.

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Broward Sheriff's Office deputies wait in line to hand out gifts to students in need.

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Officers David Franks, left, and Aaron Moore load up boxes of donated goods onto a truck to be donated to Broward Partnership to help homeless and other families in need for the holidays.

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Denise Garcia, of the Broward Sheriff's Office, sports a Santa hat while taking photos of the event.

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Santa waves at the Pompano High school student volunteers as he comes to help distribute gifts to the elementary students in need.

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Pompano student volunteers applaud as the Broward Sheriff's Office deputies and Santa drive up to the school to help distribute the clothing and toys to students in need at Pompano Elementary.