The Gift

I had thought about many different ways to spend my gift money but eventually the right person just found me. I spent my $25 on a young girl who plays soccer with the other children. I often saw her isolated at times and one day I saw tears streaming down her face. I walked over to her and sat beside her. She told me she used winter gloves to catch the ball instead of ones likes some of the other kids had. So I got I did my best and got her a very nice pair of goalie gloves. I pitched in ten more dollars for her to do whatever she would like for Christmas. She seemed very impressed and bewildered as to why anybody would be so thoughtful. She held me tightly and thanked me so much and went along her way. Everytime I see her now she waves to me and a big smile spreads across her face.

--B.E.---

I gave a needy family 70$ total + gifts for her 12, 4, and 2 year old

Bradley Peek

My mom works with a lady who just recently lost their house. She is a mother of a 10 year old son and a 7 year old daughter. So I decided to use my money, plus a few extra bucks, to be their Santa. I went to Target and bought a Doll House for the daughter and a Glow in the Dark Nerf Gun for the boy!

my gift

i spent my money on my moms friend whos son is in prison and i know that we are not supposed to buy giftcards but i had to because i got them mcdonalds and gas cards. they enjoyed it very much.

The Gift

My mom knows a family called the Suttons. The family consists of a mom and two daughters, one has a baby. The daughters go to private school. They don't have much at all, so they were going to have Christmas gifts donated to them, so they could have a Christmas. Somehow, the gifts got confused and were not donated to them, they were given to another family. There was an e-mail sent out to many people, one being my mom. It asked for donations of money and gifts. I decided to put together something with my 25 dollars. I knew if would be simple, but I was sure it would help them. I wrote a card that said: 'Jesus gave me the oppurtunity to make someones day. I am giving you this 25 dollars to benefit your family in whatever way you need it. I know it isn't much, but I hope is is enough to help you. I hope it makes you day brighter and your smile wider. :) God bless you and your family, and have a very merry Christmas.' I put the 25 dollars into the card (by the way, the card was cute and Christmasy :D), and sealed it. I put it into a bag with a box of hot chocolate for them to enjoy. :) I hoped it would make them happy. Then I went to their house and gave them this gift. :))

The Gift

I turned my cash into two necklaces; it took me forever to find the perfect ones. They had to be unique, a little odd, not really meant to match anything, but matching hasn't ever bothered her, anyway. I gave them to a friend of mine who I've brought to Sound before. This gift was my opportunity to reach out to her, to help make her decision to come with me every week. I'm glad I had the chance to do it.

The Gift

I like many others who recieved the $25 to give away to someone, had trouble figuring out what to do with it. I asked my mom to see if she new any families in need this christmas. So she asked her friend who his a cop that told me about a family of two brothers who lived with their grandmother. She recently passed away and they were taken to another family. I didnt have enough time to get to know the family, so i decided to give the money to the Guardians so that they could use it for the kids.

Delaney's gift

I know a family who the mother and father give everything they have to their three kids ages 14years, 10years, and 3 months. the mother never has time to do anything for herself. I went and bought her a certificate to go get her nails done and pamper herself. she is a great woman and deserves a little time for herself.

I bought a friend a gift to help his disability.

The GIFT!

Me, my sister, and two of our other friends put our money together (including the 25$) and bought some treats. We put together plates of cookies and fudge. We went out driving on Christmas Eve and delivered a few plates to two fire stations and two police stations in Cumming Ga. It took about an hour for all four stops, but was really rewarding. I think we really shocked some of the workers because every person we saw had a strange look on their face. I am hoping it was a good/strange look! They thanked us and we left shortly after. I feel like God wanted us to do this-to show all the cops and fire fighters that they are being thought about. However, it was sad to see them without their families. All of the men really were not expecting to see a bunch of young people doing something like this. It was a memorable experience that will stay with me for years!