We asked everyone to come with ideas and some money that they wanted to give.
We met at my house and the kids drew christmas pictures and than we watched this video (below) and than loaded into cars and went to the care center that my parents served in when we were young. We got there and the kids went to the handicap children and handed out their pictures they colored and than gave each one a candy cane. We sang a few Christmas songs. We even saw some residents my parents new when they were there so long ago. Our kids were nervous at first but they warmed up to them. I wish I could have taken pictures! It was such a neat experience.
We loaded back into the cars and went to walmart. The kids gathered around the quarter machines and placed their own money in them and left it to make another child's day! They were really excited about that. Than the kids bought a few things to put in the big box out front to give to children in need.
A few of our families bought gift cards to go give to a shopper in the store. My parents found a couple and gave their gift card to them and they said thank you and than later they saw them again and the lady came up to my Mom and said I just want to give you a hug and said Thank you again!
I thought that was really neat!
Than Cole bought a twix candy bar and went up to a little girl who was with her mom and gave her the candy bar and wished her a merry christmas. It made the girls day. But even more the smile on Cole's face was priceless.
We than bought cookies and took them to the Firestation. We told them thank you for their helping our community and wished a Merry Christmas. They thought that was so nice and than invited us in for a tour of the firestation.
We came back to our house and had homemade donuts and hot cocoa. We shared how everyone felt as they were able to do these little acts of kindness. It was really neat to hear what the kids had to say.
