There have been a LOT of lay-offs in our ward recently and a lot of families are having hard times, financially. So our Relief Society presidency decided to do a Giving Tree/"Sub For Santa"- a tree with ornaments that has the name and christmas wish list for one member of our ward. In the end we had 30 ornaments (for 30 people- 5 families in our ward and 2 large families in a neighboring ward).
I was in charge of making the ornaments and collecting the gifts. People had from December 5th to December 21st to buy the stuff and get it to me.
First, I am amazed that everyone got their gifts back to me by the deadline on Sunday, with no reminders, no phone calls. That alone is a christmas miracle.
Second, the generosity was truly incredible. Our whole house was covered in Christmas presents. Each person on our tree got at least 4-5 gifts, in some cases as many as 15! Skateboards, church suits, DVD players, 100 dollar gift certificates... all for anonymous strangers in need. Even though it was a huge hassle, I'm so glad I was involved and got to see what goes on behind the scenes in our ward at christmas time. It was very touching.
PS I have the most wonderful husband in the world, he helped wrap the presents for 3-4 hours while I went on and off client calls. Hooray for Kenny, Husband to the Relief Society Secretary.
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5 comments:
That's fantastic! My work helped two families in need this Christmas receive over $1000 in food, presents, Christmas decorations, warm clothes and other necesseties. It really makes you proud, and brings out the true meaning of the season!
that's so awesome! our ward had an "angel" tree so it was fun to contribute to that. i hope they had as much luck getting all the gifts in time as you did! that really is a miracle! :)
what a blessing to do that and Kenny you rock!
Sounds like a fun time.
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