One volunteer who dressed as Santa for the first time this year noticed that people weren't asking for just a photo of Santa with their child -- excited parents and teenagers were piling in too.
"My first time, in the flesh," Walker said."I'd seen him in pictures, but I'd never in the flesh seen a black Santa."Walker grew up seeing a photo of a black Santa at her little brother's day care, and wishing she could meet him. When she had a baby in early 2012, Walker said she wanted to make sure her little boy got his chance.She drove eight hours round-trip from Cleveland to Detroit so she and her baby could meet their first black Santa.
She lends her collection of figurines and plates featuring black Santas, taking time from being an educator and a trustee of Rhode Island's Board of Education to make gift bags.The $10 photo fee pays for the sorority's community fair, but such an event is expensive to organize."It's a lot of Google spreadsheets," Mullen said."A lot of what you see in the mall , that is a lot of money.
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