WILTON MANORS — On Monday, December 19, Nick Berry, co-owner of Shawn and Nick’s Courtyard Café in Wilton Manors, delivered a load of toys and gifts that would make a certain North Pole elf more envious than jolly.

Berry and business partner Shawn Bombard used their popular eatery as a donation drop for bicycles and other holiday gifts for the Northeast 26 Street-based Kids in Distress child service agency.

Berry, Bombard, and Berry’s life partner, Joe Bush, paid tribute to several key benefactors who helped them in collecting the bicycles, which were on display at Berry and Bush’s annual by-invitation-only Christmas Benefit, held at their home on December 15.

Berry said that in addition to 103 bicycles and numerous toys, he was able to bestow an added holiday treat upon Kids in Distress, which has a mission to prevent child abuse, preserve families, and treat children who have been abused and neglected: a donation of $2,000.

“At the end of [the benefit party], one of my guests told me if I would jump into my pool, he would contribute $300 to Kids in Distress,” Berry told the Agenda.

“I told him, ‘make it $500, and you’re on.’ This quickly became a kind of auction,” Berry added, with guests getting into the spirit and offering him $800 to jump into his swimming pool.

“Then Terry Syrcle said, ‘if you can get it to $1,000, I will match it.’ And that’s just what happened.”