Organization needs more Christmas toys for domestic violence victims

THE NEW ESTIMATE IS

MIDAFTERNOON TOMORROW.

A LANE OF TRAFFIC WAS CLOSED TO

MAKE THOSE REPAIRS.

TRAFFIC WILL STILL MOVE IN BOTH

DIRECTIONS.

>>> WHEN CHILDREN ARE IN

CRISIS, A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS GIFT

CAN MEAN THE WORLD TO THEM.

WAKE COUNTY HOPES TO GIVE THESE

GIFTS TO 600 WOMEN AND CHILDREN

IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,

BUT DONATIONS ARE FALLING

SHORT.

>> Reporter: IMAGINE YOU ARE

THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE WITH YOUR

CHILDREN, WITH NOTHING BUT THE

CLOTHES ON YOUR BACK.

THE LAST THING YOUR THINKING

ABOUT OUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES

WHO LITERALLY WALKED OUT OF

THEIR LIVES.

THEY HAVE CHOSEN SAFETY OVER

SECURITY.

>> Reporter: INTERACT SUPPORT

SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

AND THEIR FAMILIES.

EVERY YEAR, CLIENTS GET TO

CHOOSE CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR

THEIR CHILDREN FROM TABLES OF

DONATED TOYS.

>> NORMALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR

WE WOULD SEE THIS TABLE

OVERFLOWING.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR,

DONATIONS HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH

THE NEED TO.

THEY EXPECT TO SERVE 600

MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.

>> WE ARE REALLY LACKING LEGO'S

IN PARTICULAR.

>> Reporter: DIRECTOR ALLISON

STRICKLAND RECALLS THE IMPACT

THE GIFTS HAVE AND THE IMPACT ON

ONE CLIENT WHO LEFT HER ABUSER.

>> SHE SAID IF I HAD KNOWN, I

WOULD'VE LEFT 13 YEARS AGO.

>> THEY ARE FULL OF WONDER, BUT

THERE IS A LOT OF TRANSITION IN

THEIR LIVES AND A LOT OF STRESS

AND HOLIDAYS BRING MORE STAFF

STRESS.

>> Reporter: SHE IS A CASE

MANAGER WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH

STAFF AND PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

>> EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT

HAVE MONEY FOR FOOD RIGHT NOW,

TO GIVE THEM THE THINGS THAT

THEY LOVE --

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY

DON'T GO WITHOUT, THAT THEY CAN

EXPERIENCE ALL OF THE JOY OF

THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> Reporter: THIS MAY LOOK LIKE

A LOT OF TOYS, BUT BECAUSE OF

THE GREAT NEED THIS YEAR, THEY

DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE TOY PER

CHILD.

THEY HOPE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS

THEY CAN GET MORE DONATIONS, SO

ON SATURDAY THEY CAN SERVE

EVERYONE.

AMANDA LAMB, WRAL NEWS,

RALEIGH.

>> TOYS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON

SATURDAY.

CHILDREN WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO

PICK OUT A SPECIAL GIFT FOR