SCPA volunteers played Santa’s helpers when they made one little South Jersey girl’s Christmas wish come true.
The Cumberland County SPCA delivered a 3-month-old pit bull to Gia Creaturo, who had asked for a puppy this Christmas when her dog of 10 years passed away two months ago.
Gia had written a letter to Santa asking for a dog, and the SPCA was happy to assist in fulfilling her wish by giving her a puppy named Lucy.
Before the sun came up, SPCA volunteers delivered the light-brown pit bull to Gia’s house in Vineland Christmas morning.
Donning red pajamas and candy-cane antlers, Gia’s mouth dropped open and she embraced the new puppy, sporting a Santa suit, with excitement.
“I was really surprised and really happy. And I couldn’t believe that I got my puppy,” Gia proclaimed.
When Gia’s dog, Prince, passed away of old age, her mother, Toni recalled how attached they were to each other.
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“Their reunion when she would come home from months in the hospital would be priceless. Their love for each other was unbelievable and when she lost him, I think she lost a little piece of her heart. So I knew that she needed this,” Toni said.
Gia wasn’t the only one that got a furry gift this Christmas, the SPCA also bought along Lucy’s sibling, Lioness, as a present for Toni.
“It just broke my heart because they were brother and sister and I was worried about what would happen to him,” Toni said. “Now Lucky and Lioness are where they are meant to be.”
