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Charities During the Holidays

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Every year I get a couple of kids from the Christmas tree and my previous job we took donations and bought gifts for the local kids that are sheltered at DHS.  What are other charities that are worth looking into?  After my ordeal with losing Noah, I am more than likely going to focus my giving on the animal shelters and doing volunteer work on Saturdays.  I still want to put some effort into an organization that really needs it.  (that sounds bad because they all "Need" it, but you know what I mean).

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Re: Charities During the Holidays

  • BPawsBPaws member
    edited November 2014
    We do animal shelters (collecting blankets and food) and also deliver cookies to and visit two retirement homes. There's so many elderly people who have nobody during the holidays, it breaks my heart.

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  • INmommy871278INmommy871278 member
    We did operation Christmas child when I was in high school. You buy some items for a boy or girl and fill up a shoe box then send it to the address given. You can google it to get all the info.

    @BPaws‌ the nursing home idea is a great one, we have an assisted living facility across the street that just opened in the past year, so maybe we will bake some goodies and take them over!
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  • alyssa719alyssa719 member
    I do a lot of volunteer work (and fostering) with a couple animal rescues - one that we adopted our dog from, and one that's in our area.  I can't spread myself any thinner, but if I could, I would love to go and hold the preemies at the hospital (the ones who don't necessarily have their own people to hold them, not just like, I'd walk in and hold random babies).
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    @INmommy871278‌
    I try to pop in during other parts of the year as well. Older people love having someone to talk to and they always have the best stories!

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  • cuntasaurusrexcuntasaurusrex member
    I so want to volunteer as a NICU cuddler.. especially after hearing the story of one of my coworkers, who has/had a medically needy preemie and saw countless babies with no visitors and no one to love them at the hospital when he went to see his daughter.  He and his wife are working on adopting one of them now.

    Currently I volunteer at food pantries and soup kitchens.  It's rewarding.
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  • coybigcoybig member
    I'm a Lions Club member, and our local club does two holiday specific projects.  We have a vision screening for children and they get to meet santa and magic act with a small breakfast for free.  We also donate $250 worth of toys to another local organization for their annual toy drive.
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  • nolemomma14nolemomma14 member
    In college I worked for a babysitting company and every year they sponsor children through the Guardian ad Litem program, so I get some stuff for the child assigned to me.

    We also sponsor a few children through programs offered at our church. DH and I try to pick the older kids, since people are usually so eager to buy for babies and toddlers. Our church also works with a local nursing home, and they love getting visits from kids, so we will probably take DS this year. On Halloween they had trick or treating early in the day, and we went. They loved seeing all of the kids dressed up.

    @aliletz‌ I had no idea they have NICU cuddlers! It's so sad to think that any of the babies in there don't have someone with them. I volunteered in the pediatric unit of a local hospital in high school, and there was always some kid who's parents weren't around. I'll never forget a mom who walked in one morning to her baby's room, she had RSV and was on day 3 of her hospital stay. The mom hadn't stayed one night with the baby, and told the nurse it was pretty nice to get a full nights sleep and not have the baby waking her in the middle of the night. Saddest thing ever! I hope your friends get to adopt the baby!
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  • bullybuttbullybutt member
    nolemomma14 said:
    In college I worked for a babysitting company and every year they sponsor children through the Guardian ad Litem program, so I get some stuff for the child assigned to me. We also sponsor a few children through programs offered at our church. DH and I try to pick the older kids, since people are usually so eager to buy for babies and toddlers. Our church also works with a local nursing home, and they love getting visits from kids, so we will probably take DS this year. On Halloween they had trick or treating early in the day, and we went. They loved seeing all of the kids dressed up. @aliletz‌ I had no idea they have NICU cuddlers! It's so sad to think that any of the babies in there don't have someone with them. I volunteered in the pediatric unit of a local hospital in high school, and there was always some kid who's parents weren't around. I'll never forget a mom who walked in one morning to her baby's room, she had RSV and was on day 3 of her hospital stay. The mom hadn't stayed one night with the baby, and told the nurse it was pretty nice to get a full nights sleep and not have the baby waking her in the middle of the night. Saddest thing ever! I hope your friends get to adopt the baby!
    WTF???  What a selfish bitch!  DS has had RSV 2x and I did nothing but hold him the entire time.  That's how we ended up bedsharing because he couldn't sleep laying down and I had to sleep with him on my chest, inclined.  Fuck sleep when you have a sick, miserable baby.  RAGING!!!!

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    nolemomma14 said:
    In college I worked for a babysitting company and every year they sponsor children through the Guardian ad Litem program, so I get some stuff for the child assigned to me. We also sponsor a few children through programs offered at our church. DH and I try to pick the older kids, since people are usually so eager to buy for babies and toddlers. Our church also works with a local nursing home, and they love getting visits from kids, so we will probably take DS this year. On Halloween they had trick or treating early in the day, and we went. They loved seeing all of the kids dressed up. @aliletz‌ I had no idea they have NICU cuddlers! It's so sad to think that any of the babies in there don't have someone with them. I volunteered in the pediatric unit of a local hospital in high school, and there was always some kid who's parents weren't around. I'll never forget a mom who walked in one morning to her baby's room, she had RSV and was on day 3 of her hospital stay. The mom hadn't stayed one night with the baby, and told the nurse it was pretty nice to get a full nights sleep and not have the baby waking her in the middle of the night. Saddest thing ever! I hope your friends get to adopt the baby!
    That poor child.. I have goosebumps.  I hope so too for my friends- they said that the little boy has been in the hospital 18 months- since he was born- and has only had one visit from his mom, this past July.  How fucking vile is that?  I want to find that woman, rip out her reproductive system, and give it to a couple struggling with IF.
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