There is a festive workshop in Parkertown where Santa’s Sidekicks is headquartered to help families in need of holiday assistance. Santa’s Sidekicks, just achieving registered nonprofit status in New Jersey this year, has provided Christmas to nearly 1,000 children in Ocean County since it was formed in 2014.

Last year alone, 107 children in the county received presents, and it was all with the help of donations and sponsors. Many of the children are from Southern Ocean County.

Organization founder Stacy Long, of 195 Parkertown Drive, has a yard with a 6-foot-tall Santa and reindeer team outside…