- December 6, 2025
Connor Rowe (left) shops for gifts with Thomas Davidson at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes. Photo by Remy Battles
Flagler County Education Foundation Executive Director Teresa Rizzo (left) and Kareen Movsesyan with students Madeline and Rielyn Grine at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes. Photo by Remy Battles
Flagler Schools Superintendent LaShakia Moore give a high five to her student shopper at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes. Photo by Remy Battles
Christmas with Community Heroes team Caroline McNeil, Kathy Vasquez, Larry Jones and Lacy Martin. Photo by Remy Battles
Kaylin selects a sweater at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes. Photo by Remy Battles
McKenna Heath (left) shops for gifts with Cheryl Fair at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes. Photo by Remy Battles
Lily Whitehouse (left) helps Kristabella Salem shop for gifts at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes. Photo by Remy Battles
Christine Sullivan with child shopper Kaylin. Photo by Remy Battles
Flagler Schools Assistant Superintendent Angela O'Brien helps a student shop at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes. Photo by Remy Battles
Children shop for gifts with community volunteers at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes at Walmart in Palm Coast. Photo by Remy Battles
Mike Morgan of Morgan's Smokin BBQ cooks up some barbecue at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes. Photo by Remy Battles
Flagler Schools Superintendent LaShakia Moore helped a student shop for gifts at the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes. Photo by Remy Battles
The Christmas spirit is prominent in Palm Coast, with 100 students in Flagler County able to gift shop with $150 through the 17th annual Christmas with Community Heroes’ shopping event on Friday, Dec. 5.
The students were matched with 75 community heroes at the Walmart in Palm Coast. Guidance counselors from Flagler County schools nominated students they felt needed assistance this Christmas.
The students were given money donated by the community to shop and eat dinner provided by Mike Morgan’s Smokin' BBQ truck.
The most notable donation was from Belle Terre Elementary School through a grade contest to collect the most loose change. The contest raised over $3,000 for this event.
Larry Jones founded Christmas with Community Heroes in 2008. With buzzing spirit and gift cards in hand, Jones said the event “gets better and better every year.”
Christy Sullivan, who volunteers every year with her husband, said it’s “a way to give back.”
