The Engineering Department at ASCO has decided to adopt a needy kid from a list provided by Helping Hands through our HR Department. There were 6 kids on the list given to our company and each child had made out a wish list, plus we were provided with sizes so clothes can be purchased too. Yesterday we went to Wally World and bought a pair of sneakers and a football. Today we stopped at a bookstore and bought a half dozen mystery/educational books.
I also signed up as a Secret Santa on RoadsterChat, a place I do a lot of lurking and very little posting. I went and read up on some of the recent posts by my secret recipient and I know the place I’m going to shop, but I’m having a tough time narrowing down just which “gift” to give.
And for those of you who have been naughty and not nice this year, you will really wish you got a lump of coal in your stocking instead of this cookbook: Natural Harvest- A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes.
Miata Top Transitions since 10/24/08: 48
Several years ago, my first Christmas as a single dad, I got involved in my company’s “Angel Tree”. Even took the kids down to wrap some of the presents. I wanted them to see how some other kids lived.
My favorite moment was when we delivered the presents. One young boy was helping take presents into the house (a local children’s home) when he saw his name on one of the boxes. He looked up at the adult near him with a smile and twinkle in his eye and said “that’s my name, this one’s for me.”
In the past we have adopted a kid from Helping Hands through work, done the Salvation Army Angel Tree in the mall and Samaritan?s Purse Shoeboxes, but this year decided to only donate food items to the local Food Bank. We started in October buying a couple of extra items that were on sale during our weekly shopping trips and have a nice selection of stuff to donate. When my department elected to adopt a needy child I was initially hesitant, but like another hesitating engineer said, “My heart is bigger than my wallet.”, so we jumped in.