12 Days of Giving Update

Heya! Thought it was time for a little update on our 12 Days of Giving!

Bake Treats for Neighbor - the girls took over a tin of cookies to the college guys that live behind us. You know - the ones that keep me up at 2 in the morning with their stupid bull whip? Yep. Them.

Collect all the change in the house and put it in a Salvation Army red bucket - Oooh! We tried to do this today and hiked up to Smith's to drop off the money. Only, uh, apparently they don't bell ring on Sundays. Der. That's ok, it was a good walk! LOL We'll try again later

Buy and give flowers to the school secretary - Sienna picked out an African Violet plant and a Chocolate bar and delivered it to her school secretary with a note saying Thanks for all she does. Yay!

Make Ornaments for Neighbor and Deliver Anonymously - I totally forgot to take pics! The girls painted some clear glass ornaments and have been delivering them throughout the day to neighbors in a bag with some little treats. I snagged this pic and here's a how-to:



Make a Wreath and Leave it on Someones Door Anonymously - the girls decorated this wreath and dropped it off at a neighbor's house this morning. Didn't they do a fab job???



Buy a Bag of Groceries at Smith's for Charity - If you go to Smith's/Kroger's you can most likely pick up a little sheet of paper/order form. For $7 they will put together a bag of groceries full of things like veggies, mac n cheese, hamb helper, etc. and donate it to the food bank in your area. Just SEVEN dollars! I know $7 is a lot for most of us, but it might be two meals for another family, yk? I can find $7 SOMEWHERE.

Cara Go Play Checkers at Retirement home with a resident - talked to the guy we're doing this with and just need to call and set up the day. Waiting to see Rob's schedule so we can work it out! The guy is pretty darned excited to teach Cara how to play HIS version of Chinese Checkers LOL

Deliver Dinner Anonymously to a Neighbor - Oh, we had SO much fun with this one! We created a little note from Santa's Elves and gave the neighbors the choice of a few items. Then we gave them their choice of days and asked what time they ate. The day they wanted it delivered, I made up a big ole pot of Chili and pan of cornbread for the family of 8. Sienna and I snuck over and dropped it off on their porch at the appointed time and then they feasted! Cara goes to school with the kids that live there and they were telling EVERYONE about how Santa's Elves were delivering dinner that night. Yay! Such FUN!

Food Drive - Sometimes, things don't go as you plan. We handed out 96 notes and bags letting people know we'd be by to pick up their donations the next Saturday. This Saturday we went to all 96 doors and got not ONE donation. The girls were sorely disappointed. Rob said it was too long between dropping the note off and picking up. People forgot. Probably true - plus the economy, blah blah blah. So, I took the girls over to the grocery store and let them spend $30 on food which we took and donated to the Food Bank. We improvised. *wink*

Still left to do:

Shovel Someone's Walk - has to snow first!
Give Blood (heidi) - this week sometime!

And 1 of these (depends on budget):
Adopt a Child off Angel Tree
Buy a GOOD (not fast food) dinner for someone holding a Sign
$10 Gift Card to Target for Someone that Needs it

Thank you SO much to everyone that has joined in! I just know that you are blessing so many people with your acts of kindness! I love it!

Have a grand week.