Santa’s not-so-little helpers surprised families in need on Saturday morning, but they didn’t need the reindeers or the sleigh to make it happen.
Traveling door to door in Mentor and Painesville, two motorcycle clubs hand delivered gifts to those who needed it most.
"This is the meaning of Christmas, it's the real Santa,” one single mom said. “If you didn't believe it before you do now."
“My mom was diagnosed with cancer in April and she's always helped me with Christmas presents for my kids,” another mom of two said. “She passed away two months ago.”
For the families, the gifts came out of nowhere but for the Street Royalty and Iron Heathens, it was a plan they couldn’t wait to execute.
The idea came from Donnell Burton, a man who’s been in a place of need himself.
"I didn't grow up having much and I know how that feels to not have anything or not have much for Christmas,” Burton said.
When he asked who would be willing to help with his vision, the people who are often associated with trouble showed their soft side.
"For the kids, I'll do anything for them,” Grizzly from Iron Heathens, said. “I love making them smile and when they get all happy. I'm a big kid myself."
They also wanted people to see another side of the stereotypical motorcycle club, the rough, no good bikers.
“This is just a little glimpse of the charities that we actually do, like toy drives, canned food drives, stuff like that,” Clark Kent from Street Royalty, said.
For the people on the receiving end, the gifts came from people who care. In their eyes, those vests are just material protecting a big heart.
"It's so amazing that people are still giving out there."