Dave Krepcho

The 2021 WESH 2 Share Your Christmas campaign saw an increase in food donated as well as monetary donations, as the Central Florida community recognizes many families are still struggling to recover from the pandemic and economic toll it took on our tourism-based economy.

TV stations owned by Weigel, Nexstar, Sinclair, Gray, Tegna, Hearst, and Sunbeam in markets all over the country are responding to help those in need in their communities with food, toys, clothing, rent assistance and even restaurants hit by the pandemic.

“With so many people out of work, and kids not getting school meals, we recognized early on the need for food in our community was at an all-time high, we knew there was a way to help,” said, John R. Soapes, WESH’s general manager.