YMCA kids fill holiday stockings with goodies and cheer for troops overseas

The YMCA of Orange County held its annual Stockings for the Troops stuffing party this month to help bring cheer to military personnel overseas who are away from their families and friends during the holiday season.

Young volunteers from the YMCA’s after-school program stuffed 600 stockings at the Peterson Family YMCA in Huntington Beach.

The stockings were filled with coffee, granola bars, Cup Noodles, gum, candy and other snacks. Every stocking also included a handwritten note from a student expressing appreciation for the recipient’s service.