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Every year around this time the church that my late mother attended (I'm not particularly religious nor is my wife) chooses a few local families that are in need to sponsor and request donations for.

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That being said since my mother passed away my wife and I have become a silent partner with this program and given that we are very comfortable financially we take responsibility for an entire family and we cover all the expenses for everything. (Please do not construe this as bragging I did this as a memorial to my amazing mother I miss everyday).

Anyway we have done this for several years now and every year we we given a family canada goose outlet buffalo chosen by the minister's wife and an accompanying list of family members' wishlists. We tend to cover the entire list and make sure that we even get the brands they request for items/ food. We then drop the items off at the church and they take responsibility to deliver the items and wrap them for us.

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The garage was filled with gifts and clothes. They even bragged that people really came through for them this year as opposed to last year.

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I'm glad you donated everything and I hope you consider finding a more reputable program so you can continue doing this awesome deed. If you put the same amount of money into a program like that you could help an awful lot of families.

Also my local drugstore has a tree where they post requests from seniors with no family. The gift requests are heartbreakingly simple, like a warm blanket or slippers. People can be hyper focused on canada goose outlet eu the needs of children and forget that many seniors have no one to spend Christmas with. Going to a nursing home and inquiring if any of their clients are alone and would need gifts would be a nice place to start.