Make this Christmas Special for Someone in your Community!

The holidays are a great time to volunteer in your community. It is a busy season and there are a lot of things to be done. Unfortunately, there are people who are unable to do things for themselves. How great would you feel knowing that you helped someone in your community have a wonderful Christmas? Here are a couple of ideas on how to make Christmas special for someone in your commuinty.

Community service –

Community Service is not just for people who have been in trouble. It is a way to help the people in your community. Here are a few things you can do to help around the Holidays
- Shovel driveways for the elderly,
- Help cook or serve a meal at a homeless shelter
- Buy or donate food to a homeless shelter. Homeless shelters are always in need of food. Go through your pantry and find canned goods to donate to them.
- Offer to be a bell ringer for the Salvation Army
- Offer to shop for Christmas presents for a senior citizen that is unable to get to the mall
- Offer to fill out Christmas cards for the family of an elderly person in your community

Donate your time at Nursing Homes–

Christmas can be very lonely for people in a Nursing Home. When you donate some of your time during the holidays, it makes them feel special. That is a wonderful feeling. Here are some things you can do while you are there.
- Decorate a Christmas tree
- Get a group together to sing Christmas Carols
- Make ornaments for their tree
- Help them make gifts for a child that is hospitalized
- Help them make gifts for their children or grandchildren
- Just talk!

Tell Me Thursday

This is a picture of my daughter and my husband at the Evanescence Concert. They are on either side of Amy Lee.

Wordless Wednesday

Grandma's Hands

I saw this in an email a while back. I knew right away that I wanted to take this picture with my Grandma. Clockwise from the top is my daughter, my Grandma, me, and my mom! I will cherish this picture forever!