Car-Guy
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I'm not a huge fan of Walmart (although I do shop there since it's about the only game in town) but I saw something there today that I felt was helping the local community. (as well as Walmart) They had a Christmas tree just inside the store with a bunch of hand cut paper stars hanging all over the tree. These stars had a childs name and age on one side and a modest Christmas gift wish on the other side. (Toys, clothes, etc) There was also a letter attached that explained that the local child welfare service didn't have money budgeted for Christmas gifts and this was a way to ask the community for such help. My wife said she had seen this before but I hadn't. I was really surprised to see how many of the kids were asking for clothes and not toys.
Anyway, we picked several stars off the tree and went shopping. When we checked out we simply gave the paper stars to the cashier along with the gifts we had picked out, paid for them and they were set aside for the child. I had thought about stopping by the local welfare office and making a donation (I probably will still do that tomorrow) but this helped make it a little more personal. No doubt Walmart wins too since we bought all the stuff there, but I thought it was still a nice way to help the local community kids.
Have you seen this at your local Walmart (or other stores) or found other ways to help give a little extra to the needy kids or families in your community at this time of the year?
Anyway, we picked several stars off the tree and went shopping. When we checked out we simply gave the paper stars to the cashier along with the gifts we had picked out, paid for them and they were set aside for the child. I had thought about stopping by the local welfare office and making a donation (I probably will still do that tomorrow) but this helped make it a little more personal. No doubt Walmart wins too since we bought all the stuff there, but I thought it was still a nice way to help the local community kids.
Have you seen this at your local Walmart (or other stores) or found other ways to help give a little extra to the needy kids or families in your community at this time of the year?
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