Help Someone

My Rotary club's primary service project is The Christmas Store.  Each year we fundraise and buy toys and books for children in Lafayette County who wouldn't have a Christmas otherwise.  We have already purchased toys and books for over 700 eligible children this year.  This year there has been a definite increase in families emailing us asking for help.  Each of these emails just breaks my heart.  Granted, I've become extremely emotional since having Sullivan, but just imagining what these parents must be feeling when they write to ask us to please provide some toys for their children for Christmas is heart wrenching.  I recently read online about families who are drying and re-using disposable diapers because they cannot afford more for their children.  There are so many families living paycheck to paycheck or worse who are struggling for just the most basic necessities.  I know all my friends who read this blog probably already give during the holidays, but if this post will encourage just one more person to give, it will have been worth it.  We take so many things for granted in our daily lives.  If you want to make a donation to The Christmas Store, you can go online here or find a child in need in your area using the Angel Tree online form here or help provide diapers here.  I hope you will each thank God for your many blessings and pass on some of your good fortune.