- For 19 years, McMillan's Pub on Simcoe Street has been giving back to children across several communities in South Louisiana.
- Robin McMillan is owner of the bar and founded Rosa's Angels. An organization dedicated in memory of her mother who loved Christmas.
- The bar on average has helped donate gifts nearly 900 children.
"My bar becomes a children's pretty much playground workshop cause its toys every where so any kids that come in here they go crazy so it's a lot of fun."
Robin McMillans has been running Santa's workshop out of McMillans Pub for 19 years. He preps all year to make sure he can give back for the holiday season.
"I literally shop year round for this and we have the month of December and we start in October and we go through December I never turn anybody down I just say fill this."
For McMillan, giving out as much presents as she can is to honor her late mother's memory and her love of Christmas.
"My mother passed away and she was the best and she was the best at Christmas," she expresses. "I have four older brothers and when she passed away, Christmas didn't mean anything so I wanted to give to back to my community."
Her organization "Rosa's Angels" is named after her mother Rosa.
McMillan hands out forms so children can have their say in what goes under the Christmas tree.
This year the holiday program is expected to help close to 900 kids scattered across South Louisiana.
"We are helping out Santa, he's busy right now and we are trying to get it out there and help the kids and help Santa get Christmas to the children and it's important to fill out the form so we can know them."
McMillan's Pub is located on 2905 E Simcoe St, Lafayette, LA 70501 and is open for anyone willing to drop off donations or gifts for Christmas.
