This week, we had one of our largest Christmas stores EVER!! The kids normally go through and pick one gift for each member of their family, and one for themselves. This year, we were able to let them each get THREE extra gifts. You could see the smiles of joy on their faces!! We had a whole bunch of volunteers and we were able to assign a “personal shopper” to each kid! The shoppers carried their gifts while they continued to shop. What a special time.
After getting their gifts, the kids went to our “Wrapping Stations”, where other volunteers helped the kids wrap the gifts for their families. What fun!! I have included a couple of pictures so that you can see what a good time the kids had.
Before pictures!
And then the customers showed up!
Thanks to the volunteers that showed up to help. We couldn't have done it without you and to all those who donated the gifts! The kids and their families really appreciated this.Word had spread around and we had a number of first time volunteers. We even had the CFO of a large corporation (Roche) show up and helped!
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