Canned goods, pancake mix, and ham are not the usual items on a 9-year-old's Christmas list.
"I'm helping other people and it's fun to do," Cameron Kokot told NewsChannel 3.
Instead of wanting his own gifts, Cameron spent the last month asking for donations to fill a jar at his mom's chocolate shop.
Just this week, he went shopping with $500 and bought food for needy senior citizens in Windsor.
"They're having hard times, and we can help them make it a little bit better," he said.
This isn't the first year he's done it either.
His mom, Shannon Kokot tearfully remembers last year when her son first told her he wanted to buy Christmas hams for the elderly.
"I asked what would you like to donate, and that's when he said 'Is 50 dollars too little?' I looked at him, and said, 'No baby, that's not too little,'" Shannon said.
Last year was rough for the Kokot family. Shannon's husband lost his job, so they opened up a Chocolate store.
It made it hard to the Kokot's to afford many Christmas presents.
"I sat Cameron down and said Christmas is going to be a little different this year," she said.
But Cameron didn't mind.
"We are just helping other people while we are still struggling," he said.
His mom is just happy her son learned the true meaning of Christmas.
He's got three presents under the tree, and every other child on Christmas morning has all these gifts to open. This little guy is out on Christmas morning giving food and gifts to senior citizens. I think that's pretty amazing," she said.
Tomorrow morning, he's looking forward to something other than presents under the tree.
"I can't wait to see what their faces will look like when we give them all that food," Cameron said.
A feeling that's better than any gift.
