Family Giving Tree

, Today was an incredible day. I felt intense joy inside me as so much beauty and love was bestowed upon me. Yet I felt overwhelmed by so much sadness when I heard that a Christmas organization that we participate in was 15,000 gifts short of their goals, which means that the same amount of unpriviledged children will not receive any gifts this year.

The organization is called Family Giving Tree and each year they collect gift wishes from over 70,000 needy children who otherwise would not get any presents for Christmas. Volunteers hang wish cards in trees at over 900 Bay Area companies, stores, and schools. The cards are picked up by employees, customers, etc... who will buy a specific gift for each child. One company donates a warehouse in which volunteers process the children’s gifts. I feel so bad and I cannot shake it out tonight.

The TV news channels and radio stations are broadcasting the news over the air in hopes that more individuals will get gifts for the kids. There are only three days left and time is running out. This year we picked up two wish cards for two girls, one teenager who wanted an art set and a small girl who wanted an ethnic doll. Well tomorrow, it will be time to go pick up more wish cards and return to Toys R us or Aaron Brothers to make other kids happy for Christmas. I wish I could do more as the idea of a sad child really claws at my heart. I sincerely hope that one of the big CEOs in the valley hears the plea and helps them out.

The beautiful children in my pictures are in no way affiliated to this non-profit.




Please visit http://www.familygivingtree.org/