Good morning everyone! Happy Hump Day Wednesday! We are halfway through the week and the weekend will hopefully be here soon!
Today’s Topic: How many of you do something around the holidays to give back to others who are less fortunate than you? For those who do, what kind of “giving back” charity things do you participate in? During this time of the year we adopt 2 families through our church and buy each of them a Christmas present and get them food to fix their holiday meal. We also volunteer our time at the local nursing home where auntie lives and go in to read books, play games, build puzzles and host mini holiday parties for the ladies. We spent a few hours last weekend putting up some holiday decorations in the public areas of the nursing home which the residents love!
We had a few giveaways close late last night so we do have winners to announce this morning. As always, we spend time every morning validating entries, trashing out the cheater entries and then randomly select a winner using random.org. We then double check that persons entry to make sure it’s legit and then finalize it.
It’s great all that you do. People don’t always realize how much your time means to others. Just taking a moment to sit and talk with them and let you know someone is listening and cares. Often the basic things we use daily like toilet paper, gloves, socks, and food are often needed by others. My family is big on adopting families, children, seniors, pets…we try to help a little of everyone. We are so appreciative of what we have, where we live, and are belief in God. We try to give back and help others. We weren’t always in a position to but it is important to help where you can. Bless you for all you do and for blogging about it. Bringing the awareness of the need and how easy it is to help is important.
Congratulations to the 2 winners.
I think that the adopt a family or families for Christmas is a wonderful program. I shall have to see if our church has a similar program. I don’t do anything so personal. I give to charities and I bake cookies/goodies, some of which I give to an elderly neighbor.
i wish that i could give on the holidays
I think there are small things that we can all do 🙂
That’s nice that you adopt the families at church! For us, we help out with families that our church sponsors, we do Operation Christmas Child through Samaritan’s Purse, and I take my oldest son out for just mom/son time and we choose a name from the tree at a pharmacy and buy gifts for that person (they are elderly homebound people).
Thank you for the families that you are helping this Christmas! They will be Blessed by your generosity and you in kind by their happiness. There will not be any, I mean not one gift purchased here this month. No ingredients for holiday goodies either. That is the one that hurts because I usually make food baskets and scarves for the homeless.