"Seeing their smiles after they get the presents. It really just warms my heart," Captain Joseph Forchelli said.
Farmingdale State College's lacrosse team hand-delivered holiday presents to students at People's Arc of Suffolk Elementary School.
"We're all fortunate to be where we are and it's good to see them all happy at the same time," midfielder Thomas Mai said.
The lacrosse players gave away about 100 gifts and it wasn't just a lesson about receiving.
The gift of giving runs deep for the Farmingdale Rams.
"Sean Chamberlain, our head coach, Christian's brother, started this when he was a student athlete at Stony Brook, and when he was hired at Farmingdale, we carried on the tradition and it's something that we love doing and look forward to every year," Coach Tom Azzara, director of athletics at Farmingdale State, said.
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