wondering about the less fortunate at xmas

[Knit1]

Just wondering about the children & women in shelters etc, that will not have luxuries of home for Christmas. I was in a similar situation once and was wondering if anyone know what will happen at the women's shelter for Christmas?
I wonder if the shelter will tell me how many children , sex, and ages. names are unnecessary. I was just thinking it would be nice to get a little something for those less fortunate. Or if someone knows a young mom with a child or two who hasn't much family who may not be well off this xmas. It would make me happy to make someone less fortunate happy. I think we all should keep in mind this Christmas those families or individuals who don't have anyone or who do not have much. It is amazing to give a little
happiness to someone.


If anyone has any idea about this let me know.
thanks.

[BlueSky]

We make it our custom to find someone who will be alone at Christmas, and we invite them to our house for Christmas Day. We are having two guests this year for our dinner. This year, we also hooked up with an organization that served a CHristmas dinner to street people and we helped serve around 60 people a turkey dinner.

I would suggest calling some charities in the Soo and ask them if you can plug in anywhere and offer to help in any way that help is needed.

[adigirl]

they won't give you some of the information you are looking for due to protection issues. You can call the shelter and ask how many adults/kids are there. Then make arrangements to drop things off.

Very nice!!!!

[Suze]

The staff in my office each give a certain amount of money at the beginning of the year and that is our Christmas Cheer fund. This year we had so much money that we did two things. The first was we called Women in Crisis and just asked what they needed. We bought robes, slippers and toiletries for the ladies there. The organization said that the women don't usually get anything, and that there are organizations who make sure that the children will have some gifts, so we thought it would be nice for the women to get something.
The other thing we do (and I started this last year, it is my FAVOURITE!) is I call one of the old folks homes and ask for a list of resident's who have no family and therefore will not receive any gifts. They give us a list with their names, something about their personality and what they would like or need. Let me tell you, nothing warms your heart more than knowing there is going to be some elderly lady or man with no family in this world, waking up on Christmas morning and seeing a bunch of presents from "Santa". I must say that I am selfish and do alot of this for myself - the feeling I get from it is so much more than anything else over Christmas.

[CANDY_74]

I helped a family out a little bit this year and I felt GREAT about it because I know that some families aren't as fortunate as others.

I left a card saying I was their Secret Santa...lol..

[Jackie B]

North 82 puts on a dinner for about 150 soup kitchen clients on Christmas day. The could use all the help they can get I'm sure. Volunteers need to show up for 11:45am.

[Limitations]

[QUOTE]

Just wondering about the children & women in shelters etc, that will not have luxuries of home for Christmas. I was in a similar situation once and was wondering if anyone know what will happen at the women's shelter for Christmas?
I wonder if the shelter will tell me how many children , sex, and ages. names are unnecessary. I was just thinking it would be nice to get a little something for those less fortunate. Or if someone knows a young mom with a child or two who hasn't much family who may not be well off this xmas. It would make me happy to make someone less fortunate happy. I think we all should keep in mind this Christmas those families or individuals who don't have anyone or who do not have much. It is amazing to give a little
happiness to someone.


If anyone has any idea about this let me know.
thanks.

[QUOTE]


You seem to think that happiness is contingent on the external and things.

Kindly do not misunderstand me for I understand the value of MONEY and it's purpose.

If you agree that there was a human named Jesus Christ born into this World in it's history then you may also understand WHY it holds up to logic that even as an Infant there was threat of the Baby being murdered for, of course, NO HONEST REASON.

Your point of SHELTERS could not in my mind have been raised at a better time.

Perhaps, you do not realize how many are on the run playing the System which does include Shelters and other related Public Facilities that includes STAFF.

You may want to THINK over the real gift that is needed and as a DAILY issue.

That is to concern yourself with issues of mistreatment in a long term tangible manner in the area where you live or elsewhere in a PRIVATE manner.

There is so much abuse in this City and I would be surpised if you were not already aware of it.

The rest of the world is a separate matter for the purpose of this posting.

If some of you talked with people who frequent Provincial Shelters or Crisis Centres and are mature enough or not being baffled you would get told the TRUTH about what is going on and get a much needed catch up crash course(analogy).

The real facts would give you lots of reason to NOT want to enable the situation to go on in it's present form.

It has been left UNCHECKED for years from OFFICIALS within the SYSTEM responsible for the allocation of most of the funding of these operations.

There is a far too much unaddressed NEED within the Political System that relates to other Sectors in it.

Quality does matter which does very much depend on the KINDS OF PEOPLE providing the service.

It would not shock me if the inexcusable dilemma comes to a head into the unfolding of the future resulting in needed CHANGES.

[Anapeg]

That's easy, stop at any church, talk to the priest, ministers, secretary who ever and get a the description of a family. You whip out buy some goodies, drop them at the church, and Bobs your uncle. Great way to get the warm fuzzys.

The same can be accomplished year round if you can afford it. People are poor year round,.............aren't they?

[RWGR]

A group my daughter is involved with at school held a fundraiser and other activities throughout the current school year. The money raised was used to purchase gifts for the less-fortunate at Christmas. They delivered the gifts the other day. I was very proud of those girls.

I like to buy a present, usually clothes, and on the tag put the size, style, etc. Then I leave it at the Church on Christmas Eve. It always seems to find its way to the right person.

[AngelOnHigh]

Some of the residents where I work are wards of the State. No friends, no family. No Christmas for them. Thankfully, I work for an awesome company and everyone will have gifts under the tree. I myself am buying them gifts too. It is hard for us to do, seeing as it is a 16 bed facility (half men half women) and we have to get everyone the same thing. (can't show favoritism at all). So that is my challenge today... lol. I have the greatest job of all Christmas morning.... I get to wake my residents up! Watch them run for the tree and show nothing but happiness! That is the spirit of Christmas... watching these innocents on Christmas morning!

[almabear]

My husband and I decided to not buy gifts for each other this year and instead help out a couple of families anonymously with gifts for all and Anapeg your absolutley right, people are poor all year round and need help all year round. We have often anonymously sent a grocery store gift card to people we know are having difficult times.
Years ago when we were having difficulties we receved anonymous gifts of cash in our mailbox and know what a wonderful help it was at the time and what a difference it made for us.
I think this is what it means to "Love your neigbor"

[Barney Rubble]

[Babzz]

I sent an anonymous package to an old neighbour when I lived in Elliot Lake..
We have become good friends, and she still talks about the kind person who left the package one year..
she has no idea it was me

I will do it again some day when I can
It made me feel really good that christmas that I could help her in some small way

[Anapeg]

I do things like this for very selfish reasons,.......it makes ME feel good.

[adigirl]

ROFLMAO I love TWI

[Knit1]

Anapeg, I agree with you. I too feel selfish for doing it. It makes me feel real good. A feeling nothing else can give me.

My mind is always full of concern for others, I suffer constantly thinking about those in need, for some reason I've obsessed myself with it and I can stop thinking about it. Maybe it is that I at one time was less fortunate. I was a young mom and I remember having nothing but a couple of cans of beans in the cupboard to feed my son. I went without to make sure he would be ok.

I also worry about the children whose parents are drunk, leaving them at home. My brain is boggled and I can'e shake the thoughts. It will ruin me if I can't get away from it.

[gouligann]

Wow! Kudos to all of you! What a sweet thing it is to give to the less fortunate.

We also donate money to charity at Christmastime and at various others through the year.

I wish everyone would open their wallets that can do so.
Merry Christmas all!

[Simba]

Hubby and I have a friend who is going through a bit of a rough time right now. Last night we went and picked something up for him. It made us feel really good doing that. I love giving it's a great feeling!

[Sophie's_Mommy]

Just wondering about the children & women in shelters etc, that will not have luxuries of home for Christmas. I was in a similar situation once and was wondering if anyone know what will happen at the women's shelter for Christmas?
I wonder if the shelter will tell me how many children , sex, and ages. names are unnecessary. I was just thinking it would be nice to get a little something for those less fortunate. Or if someone knows a young mom with a child or two who hasn't much family who may not be well off this xmas. It would make me happy to make someone less fortunate happy. I think we all should keep in mind this Christmas those families or individuals who don't have anyone or who do not have much. It is amazing to give a little
happiness to someone.


If anyone has any idea about this let me know.
thanks.

when a friend of mine moved back from down south with her 4 kids, she had no where to go when she got here cause the place she had the landlord backed out at the last minute so he could move in there, a week before xmas,,nice eh, anyways, she went to wic and on xmas day , they have a tree, with all sorts of presents for the kids and the mothers, then they have a big turkey supper, santa comes to visit to get pics done, they try their best to make it feel like a xmas which is nice of them..anyways thats all i know about who does what is WIC ( women is crisis) as for other shelters i have no idea..