The first way I've listed is to make a shoe box for the Samaritan's purse. It's so easy and it goes to children in other countries who otherwise would recieve nothing for Christmas if it weren't for this program. The shoe box drop-off date is Nov 15-22. This is something my mom taught me about back when I was a teenager and there's just something so special about packing little toys, bars of soap and candy in a special little package that will go to a child living in poverty. You almost wish you could be there when these children are given hundreds of little boxes filled with goodies. Hunter and I will be making shoe boxes this year and I will be more than happy to collect boxes for anyone that makes one and bring it to the drop-off location. You can find more information on shoe boxes by clicking on the link below.
shoe box
Hands on Nashville is an amazing organization that provides many opportunities for those looking to volunteer. They created a special guide for areas of need for the holidays. There are TONS of opportunities to help the homeless, needy families, childrens' homes and animal shelters. The link for this guide is below:
HON
The Salvation Army puts up their Angel Tree in almost every mall during this time of year. You simply take a paper angel from the tree and listed on the back is a needy girl or boy with their age and wishlist for Christmas. Just buy the items and return them with the paper angel to the Salvation army. All malls in the nashville area have their Angel Tree up by now. More info is provided on the link below:
Angel Tree
Local police departments also create their own list of less fortunate families, children and singles who are in need of items for the winter/Christmas season. Just visit your police department and ask about their list of people available to help this season.
You may even know of a family personally who won't be able to do much for Christmas this year. I encourage you to do something special for them. Maybe be the "Santa" that they've never been able to have before. Maybe buy them groceries so they are able to make a holiday dinner they've always wanted. They're out there, I promise.
Matthew 25:34-40
