A lot of you probably already know, but I am the team captain for an organization called the Best Christmas Ever. It is a non profit organization that helps a family in need have "The Best Christmas Ever". The family is nominated by friends or coworkers in their community for this and have NO idea that this is happening until we do the Christmas "Drop" a few days before Christmas with all of the gifts that have been donated and collected by the community. We have two Gift tree locations where you can go to the location, pick a gift suggestion that is written on a tag, go and buy the gift, and return it unwrapped to the gift tree. Also please include the receipt as we need to document the value of all items collected. The tree Locations are at MN Direct Properties Inc. and Lake Woods Chrysler in Grand Rapids.
All of these gifts must be collected by December 21st. That is the day we will have a Wrapping party and wrap up all of the gifts to be delivered to the family. The wrapping party is open to the public to attend. Anyone is welcome! We will be holding this at River Grand in Grand Rapids on December 21st from 5-7pm. Please come and join us for this, we will be doing a potluck with appetizers and snacks while we wrap. Feel free to bring a dish, some wrapping paper, scissor, and tape so we can get all of the gifts wrapped up in no time. The Christmas drop will be following the wrapping party for a select few.The family has NO IDEA and we will completely surprise them out of nowhere. Which is one of the best parts of this whole thing. So, remember if you THINK you know who the family is. KEEP Quiet so they don't find out. Living in a small community makes it hard to keep it a secret, but it is very important we keep the secret!
If you are unable to go to the gift tree locations and maybe don't live in the Grand Rapids area, I also have away you can still donate for this family. Or, if you just prefer to shop online, I created a gift wish list for the family on Amazon. You can have the gifts shipped out directly to the gift tree locations! We all love that Amazon Prime! :)
Our goal for this family is to collect a MINIMUM of $5000 between monetary donations, gifts, or gift cards. But, wouldn't it be amazing if we BLEW that goal out of the water and REALLY made a LIFE LONG impact on this family?? If you are a business or individual wanting to donate, there are SO many ways you can donate. A donation of any kind is greatly appreciated!
GIFT TREE LOCATIONS:
MN DIRECT PROPERTIES INC. (1115 NW 4th St, Grand Rapids, MN 55744)
LAKE WOODS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM ( 815 NW 4th St. Grand Rapids, MN 55744)
DONATE MONEY ONLINE:
Or, if you just prefer to donate money, you can go to my donate page and donate money that way.
Here is the link: https://bcemovement.kindful.com/best-christmas-ever-2017-2017/team-kindness
AMAZON WISH LIST: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1NJHJPYFSKIG0/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_4
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