XemaSab
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Wed Dec-10-08 10:21 PM
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We'd like to adopt a family this Christmas |
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but we're not sure what's appropriate.
Are gift certificates okay, or is that gauche? :shrug:
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PeaceNikki
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Wed Dec-10-08 10:25 PM
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1. Find a local Christmas Clearinghouse |
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They'll give you names and ages, you can contact a parent and get a wish list.
We adopted 40 local families at work.
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XemaSab
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Wed Dec-10-08 10:26 PM
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2. The Catholic Social Services does family adoptions locally |
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We're not sure how to go about helping an individual family. :shrug:
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Wed Dec-10-08 10:29 PM
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3. Well, like I said, the organization that we work with, Christmas Clearinghouse, |
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Edited on Wed Dec-10-08 10:29 PM by PeaceNikki
gives us as many families as we can help.
They work with businesses and organizations to adopt the families. It's wonderful.
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Wed Dec-10-08 10:36 PM
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4. We're doing that, in conjunction with MrSG's job. |
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They always adopt a family (I believe they get the referral from a local community agency). MrSG is getting some gifts for the kids, and I'm doing a huge gift basket, with good-for-them-food, as well as some popcorn and a gift card for Blockbuster or some other video place, as they like watching movies.
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