(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Santa Claus waves during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. 28, 2019, in New York. Macy’s said Santa Claus won’t be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago. However, Macy’s said the jolly old man will still appear at the end of the televised Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Some of the members of the Cabinet of Governor Josh Shapiro celebrated an event in Harrisburg on Tuesday to commemorate the 35th annual Holiday Wish Program. Dr. Val Arkoosh, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, talked about how the special giving program works. According to Arkoosh, families and adults that are older that are chosen by people from the Commonwealth who specifically needed items which included bed sheets, a single bed, towels, a Christmas tree and warm clothes this year received them in a special way for the holiday season from the National Guard.