For over 40 years, the Gould family has centered their lives around helping others in Deerpark and surrounding communities in Western Orange County, New York.
The tradition started with Jonathan and Pricilla Gould at a local church and was passed down to their daughter Denise Hulse and then to granddaughter Rebecca Hulse, who opened doors for the senior couple to touch more young lives in the school districts.
Once, they took a troubled teenage boy from a broken family under their wing, giving him love and confidence that helped him become a productive citizen today.
A nativity display at the Gould family’s home in Sparrow Bush, N.Y., on Dec. 20, 2022. (Cara Ding/The Epoch Times)
“We have never really made a list of everything we’ve done. It has always been spontaneous or as it happens,” Pricilla Gould told The Epoch Times at her home in Sparrow Bush, a hamlet of Deerpark….