Every year during the Christmas Season we try to participate in a “giving” project to help everyone in the family understand the true meaning of Christmas is giving and not receiving.   On Sunday, December 21, 2008;  we put together bags for a homeless in our area. We found a source online that helped us decide what  items to put in the bags that may be useful to someone who is homeless.  The bags contained socks, granola bars and nuts (for protein), pain reliever, alcohol swabs, band aides, hard candy, a tooth brush and tooth paste, deodorant, a rain poncho, a reusable water bottle and a reusable bag to carry everything.

The bags contained things that we sometimes take for granted such as a pair of warm socks and a simple snack which we had to explain to 9 year old, Zachary and 5 year old Carson that even a pair of socks is something that everyone does not have and the granola bar may be the only food some people have to eat during the day. We tried to explain to Zachary and Carson that we are very blessed to have a home, warm clothes, and food to eat since there were many people in our area that did not have the things we take for granted.  Everyone enjoyed the project and I think both Zachary and Carson understood (in their own way) why we took time to purchase and put together these bags.

If the local shelters think that these bags will be useful we may continue to put them together through out the year, since Christmas should not be the only time of the year we should think about giving to the less fortunate.  The items that we used may we switched depending on the season but the reason for giving will be the same.

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