We volunteered for the Christmas Second Saturday at our
local church and it was a very successful event. As usual, the church members purchase socks,
shoes, underwear and toys for boys and girls of all ages. The gifts get set out on tables and the children
of families in need get to pick from each category.
In addition, the families get a presentation of the Christmas
story (the birth of Jesus) before they start shopping. After that, the kids had 5 bouncy castles to
play in and everyone was given a hot dog lunch.
On the way out, each family was given a grocery bag of food to take
home.
It started at 7:30 and it was a cold morning (like 2 C, can
you believe it?). We dressed warmly but
then I ended up working inside filling grocery bags. Stuart was a floater and moved around to
different areas to help organize things and solve problems.
There were 1800 children who received the gifts and 800
grocery bags were handed out. We just
love being a part of this event!!
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