We often hear from people who need help, so the ‘2 Helps You’ team compiled a list of groups offering critical support to make the holidays brighter for everyone.

Our holiday tradition here at KPRC 2 is to try and help with our “Spencer Solves It: Christmas Miracles.”Already, we’ve introduced you to several families who we surprised, and today we introduce you to the Leija family. Hurting hearts at ChristmasWay out in rural Cleveland, Texas, Danyell Leija and her four children work diligently to try and bring the Christmas spirit into their tiny, double-wide trailer home. “What I need and what I want is for my kids to finally have a smile on their face. Now as the family, they kneel before a small shrine to Lorenzo to pray for him and others in the family. And as the unpaid bills continue to pile up in front of her, Leija says her children haven’t even asked for Christmas presents, knowing there’s just no money.

Each year, our Spencer Solves It team works together to help several families in need. But one of Kayley’s sons, 2-year-old Preston can’t join in on the decorating. Refusing to give up and let Preston die, Justin and Kaylee have spent every waking minute and more than $25,000 on different treatments and equipment to help Preston improve. With absolutely zero money to provide a Christmas for her kids, Kayley wrote to Spencer Solves It. Help for Kayley and her familyWith help from Academy Sports and Outdoors and Randy Hartley, one of Bill’s Brigade’s most generous benefactors, we’re going to rescue this Christmas for Kayley and her family.

HOUSTON – Zena Mikel tries her best to smile and cheer up her three grandchildren, as they decorate their Christmas tree. Our Spencer Solves It team is working to bring this family a little hope this holiday season. All of which means Zena and the children would be looking at a very bleak Christmas this year. That’s when Zena’s father contacted Spencer Solves It. We have one more thing for this family that’s been through so much.

As they have for years now, the Spencer Solves It team is working to deliver a holiday miracle for deserving families. Grandmother struggling to make ends meetRhonda Widemon reads a passage from the bible to her five beautiful grandchildren. Rhonda’s son was a devoutly religious preacher and she says he worshipped two things: God and his five children. And with Randy Hartley, a longtime member of Bill’s Brigade, we are going to give Rhonda’s kids a Christmas they won’t ever forget. “So, I’d be honored and humbled if you’d please accept this Visa gift card for $1,000 dollars.”“Oh my God, thank you, oh my God,” Rhonda said.