As part of an annual holiday tradition, U.S. Engineering collects presents for children who otherwise wouldn’t have much under the tree on Christmas morning – or nothing at all. This year, the company started out by adopting 25 children, but because of the overwhelming response by employees, U.S.E. ended up collecting gifts for 47 children.

Since starting the program back in 1996, U.S. Engineering has provided Christmas gifts for 494 children. This year’s 47 was a record amount for the company, surpassing the company’s previous high of 38.

This video shows the progress we made over our week of collecting.