It's Less Than 3 Weeks Till Christmas

It's December 5th and that means that Christmas is less than 3 weeks away.

When we lived in the Denver area it was easy to find ways to help
kids that were less fortunate as ours. In every mall and outside
almost every grocery store you could either find the Salvation
Army Giving Trees or Bell Ringers. The Toys for Tots campaign
was big too and was easy to find the locations to make your
donations. And in a lot of the smaller suburbs like ours the police
departments set up workshops to collect and even fix toys for kids.

Now we live a very small community and it's not so easy. The 2
grocery stores in town have no Bell Ringers or Giving Tree and
there is no mall. No one advertises Toys for Tots. But, the
churches do try to work together to help as many as possible in
this small community. They advertise and collect for the local
organization that assists less fortunate families. And for this I am
very thankful.

Christmas is a time of giving. So while you are out doing all your
very important shopping, remember that there are children who
live in a home where Christmas is just another day of the week
unless someone takes a moment out of their busy life to make it
special.

Please be that special person to a child this year. Add to your
list of gifts a special present for someone by either adopting a
person on a Giving Tree or making a donation to the Toys for
Tots or your local community organization.

Putting a smile on a child's face is one of the best gifts you
can receive this year.

This year I am again proud to be a partner with the official
U.S. Marines "Toys for Tots" program in The 4th Annual
Interne Toy Drive.
Click to find out more and help a needy child in YOUR community right now!

To Your Success,
Susan

PS - There will also be many organizations asking for donations
for food and clothing. I ask you to not make a choice of a toy or
food or warm clothing. Please help in as many ways as you can.
If you have kids you can donate their outgrown coats and gloves
to help keep another child warm. If you give up getting yourself
an afternoon snack once or twice you would have more than
enough to get some mac and cheese or canned vegetables.
Warm clothing and food may be taken for granted by many
of us but for others they are not. So please help.

And then remember to give yourself a special present by
giving a child you don't know a toy.