Holiday Donation Raffle

[🪦 mperaginejr ●]

I would like to first thank everyone who donated. We raised a grand total of $1550 for this family in items and money. Pictured here are the gifts we purchased for the children and the mother. Also gifted to the family, but not pictured, are $150 in gift cards for the mother to use for household needs, a full meal for the family donated by our local Olive Garden, a full 8 person Christmas dinner donated by our local super market, a gift package of dinner drinks and bowling for the whole family donated by a local bowling alley, and a free trip to the movies with refreshments donated by our local theater. After arriving at the Salvation Army to deliver our donation the workers were so excited by how much we tried to do for the family that they called Heather, the mother, and asked if she would like to come and pick everything up and meet us, and she did. It has been a long time since I have felt very good about anything, but seeing the look on that woman's face when she saw everything we were able to donate to her family made me melt. I am not really in the festive mood this Christmas with all the heartache I have gone through in the past year, but this afternoon was a bright spot for me this holiday season. I would like to think for the first time in a long while I would have been able to put a smile on my mom's face today, because she always loved Christmas with her children, and it was very special to be able to help another mother provide that for hers.

Of the $1550 raised, $330 was raised through the mask raffle, with 11 entries total. I will be contacting those 11 individuals in the next day or so, and as previously mentioned, the raffle will be drawn next Friday on Christmas Eve. Thanks to everyone who helped us this holiday season, and I hope you all enjoy the holidays with friends and family.