Sixth-grade students reach out to get a hold of a big present as they sort them for a needy school in Chicago at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Ashley Kuzlik hands a present to her fellow sixth-graders at the sorting table at Hickory Creek Middle School where they will rush it to the proper room to be bundled for a needy school in Chicago, on Dec. 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

William Trinh (center) and fellow sixth-grade students sort presents for a needy school at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Sorted presents bundled in bags wait to be loaded into a truck for a needy Chicago school at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Sixth-grade students pose with presents they have donated for a needy school in Chicago at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Andrew Pleasant (center) and fellow sixth-grade students sort presents for a needy school at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Isabel Passarelli (center) and fellow sixth-grade students sort presents for a needy school at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Sixth-grade students reach out to sort gifts for a needy school at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Sixth-grade students reach out to sort gifts for a needy school at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Chloe Murray races a present to the sorting table at Hickory Creek Middle School where her fellow sixth-graders will rush it over to the proper room to be bundled for a needy school in Chicago, on December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Chloe Murray races a present to the sorting table at Hickory Creek Middle School where her fellow sixth-graders will rush it over to the proper room to be bundled for a needy school in Chicago on December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Sixth-graders Delanie Mills and Ernie Rohr check a list to see what room they are to sort donated presents at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Holli Minette checks to make sure presents are tagged for the sorting process at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, Illinois, Wednesday, December 5, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media