"Christmas Magic" service project

My little 6 year old brother lost his life.

My mother couldn’t bare the thought of him not getting a Christmas present.

She came up with an amazing idea. As a gift to him, fill his stocking with notes containing a kindness we gave that day.

The service bug in our family grew. I watched my parents serve and ultimately start a charity foundation in my little brothers name “Landaboards.”

After finding financial stability with my little family, my husband and I had the desire to “sponsor a family” for Christmas.

I made a post on a “helping hands” fb page one year, asking if anyone knew anyone in need. I was overwhelmed at the response. After a day I took it down, BECAUSE reading through the stories I couldn’t say NO to anyone!

That year we took 4 families. (13 people.)

That experience was so insanely rewarding,

each day I was just on this high!

The next year I posted again asking for nominations and within hours I was again overwhelmed, I took it down.

My limit going in was 10, we ended up taking 17 families.

I felt so strongly peaceful that with help, we could do it.

I watched as my friend community gathered around me.

Hours and hours of donated time; picking up donations, sorting, planning, shopping, & wrapping!

We FREAKING did it!

Here we are taking it on again! This will be our 4th year.

We’d love your help in these ways:

Money money money!

(Some of these family’s have nothing. example: living in a studio hotel, a trailer or crammed in an apartment with another family. Some don’t even have BEDS!)

NEW or like new clothes.
NEW toys (again weeding through games and toys with missing or broken parts is a headache)
you can take on a family, I recieved 92 "applications" for help this year.
Gift cards for kid-play centers, grocery stores, or going out to eat
Gifts for moms or dads! We try to give them a little stocking stuffer too!

Tag your friends, family or a businesses that might want to help! We need it!

Literally anything in “great” quality we can find a use for! Household items, Pet items etc.

Thank you for your time and consideration. We hope your holidays are a little brighter with the magic charity can bring. If you’d like to donate money, every cent goes towards these families. You can Venmo: Nicole-zollinger or PayPal: @kolimedia with the tag “Christmas magic”