NoCo Santa Squad

NoCo Santa Squad is organized and formed by Veterans and First Responders to provide children and families in Northern Colorado gifts during holidays, birthdays and times of need. We all know by now that Santa Cops of Larimer County is no more. As an outsider looking in, my friend Marty Gerlach tried and tried and tried to help and everything kept working against him. For whatever actual reason, Santa Cops is gone, and his passion for this runs too deep to allow for such a void. The Saturday party (12/16/2023) was planned months in advance as a Toy Drive for Santa Cops, and when I say months ago, we mean like at the last party in May. With a Toy Drive still scheduled, and no Larimer County organization to give the toys to, the initial thought was to shift it over to the Weld Elves. However, they’re pretty well set (which is great) but there is a huge void remaining in Larimer County, so these toys are staying local! The toys were wrapped Saturday evening, and the plan is to distribute this Friday or Saturday with the help of local first responders. This expedited the need to get something operational in Larimer County ASAP! After throwing around some name ideas, the “NoCo Santa Squad” was born!