Sevin Bullwinkle/staff photographer
Social committee member Barbara Sofen, Tropical Isles newspaper editor Doris Jacoby, social committee member Jan Raasch, social committee director Nina Petri and Anne Keyte, chairwoman of the social commitee, stand with a Christmas tree piled high with donated presents waiting to be picked up by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Department for the Christmas families charity drive at Fort Pierce on Saturday, Dec.8. Tropical Isles residents have participated in this event for more than 10 years.