Black Friday is coming up (one of my most favorite days of the year)! With lots of money to save online or in store, Black Friday is a great day to knock out some Christmas shopping for your loved ones. Since your saving money with all the great deals, remember to not only think of friends and family but those in need when holiday shopping.
Imagine on Christmas, you didn't expect anything. Presents were something you only dreamed of. That's how the holidays are for a lot of people & children in this world. How can you change this?
One way is to participate in The Home for Little Wanderers Big Wishes Gift Drive! The Home for Little Wanderers, where I intern, is the nation's oldest child and family service agency and has been part of the Massachusetts landscape for over 200 years. Today, The Home serves thousands of children and families living in at-risk circumstances.
There are a couple of ways you can help:
- Drop off new, unwrapped gifts at The Home for Little Wanderer's Toy Room, 161 South Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA or any of the drop off locations near you.
- Select a gift for a particular child or family using their Wish List Website.
- This list gives you background on an individual child or family and lists their wishes. When you purchase the gift, you can know the gift is something the child/family will appreciate or needs.
- Gift Card Challenge-- Donate a gift card. Gift cards are especially helpful in fulfilling wishes of teens, an often over-looked population for donated gifts. Gift cards are also great because families can use the gift cards to shop for themselves or use them to take care of basic things, like food shopping and clothes shopping. The cool thing about the gift card challenge Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares and Bernie and Phyl's Furniture will match dollar to dollar up to $5,000 in gift card donations.
What is inspiring you to donate this year?
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