It's that time of the year, and what fun is to be had during the "Christmas Giveaway". Be sure to check in often to see what goodies are in store! While entering be sure to wish them all a Merry Christmas!!
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY
How you can help?
If you know a family who will not be able to provide presents for their children this Christmas, please nominate them in the comments below or send a private email to us at info(at)5minutesformom(dot)com. You can also nominate your own family.
Please leave personal information, such as last names, out of your nomination, but do include the number and ages of the children.
It’s going to be very tough narrowing the nominees down to just a few families. But due to the fact that we only have a limited number of gifts, we will have to make those hard decisions.
Since we do not want to disappoint anyone, please do not let the families know that you are nominating them. If we choose them, we will contact you to verify the details and then determine if the families want to accept the gifts.
Please note that we will also not post personal information about the families that we select. We’d like to keep it as private as possible.
We will do our best to match presents to children according to their age and gender, therefore the families we choose may be determined by the suitability of the gifts we have.
We will keep the nominations open until November 20th, 2009.
There was a Christmas I was uncertain of how we were going to make it through. I had just been released from the hospital, having to learn to walk and do others things again, with 3 small children, no income and unsure how I was possibly going to do anything, let alone do anything for them for the holidays. It was a very scary emotional time for my children and I.
If not for the kindness of strangers, strangers with such heart, there would have been no Christmas for my children. From the manager at our local grocery store hearing of what we were going through, and in the wee hours of the night, filling my car with food enough to feed not only them but a small army, to the unknown (then) neighbor who came and picked up my prescriptions to take and pick up from the pharmacy and delivered them with a lunch and a Christmas Tree complete with decorations! To the local United Way and a local church, also having heard about our story, who arrived, also in the wee hours of the morning, to drop off presents, wrapped glorious presents for the children at my doorstep. It was the most humbling and moving of holidays I had ever had. The greatest gift, was the gift of all these hearts that reached out to us, especially my children in our time of need. We were and have never been the same since that Christmas in 1999.
Each year, throughout the year, we try and do what we can in whatever capacity we can, to make a difference in the lives of those around us, especially those facing such hardships and hurdles that life so often can throw at us.
I applaud this initiative. It has great heart! It is in fact, what the spirit of Christmas is all about. So, I encourage you to check this out. Do you know someone who is facing untold obstacles this year? A family in great need? While it is not a guarantee, it is however, a possibility, a chance, a hope.
In the meantime, take a look around your own community, your town, your village, your neighborhood. I know finances and times are tough, for all of us, but if you could brighten the heart and bring the smiles that only a child at Christmas can bring ~ I hope you will do so.
To each of you ~ may you know the promise of Christmas. May you experience it through the eyes of a child, with great excitement, anticipation and magic. I believe no matter how old we are, in each of us, exists that childlike awe and wonder at the true meaning of Christmas.
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