"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”

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