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The Meaning of the Holidays
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| Each year, a staff committee at Y.O.U., Inc. takes
on the project of raising dollars and donations so that the children in our programs will
have a more special Christmas holiday. The scope of Adopt-A-Child is enormous and there
are countless volunteers who give of their time. This year, although we granted three
wishes each to 730 children in our care, the story below stands above the rest. When Sandy from Northboro called Y.O.U., Inc. to adopt a child for the
holidays, she was asked to buy three gifts for Amy, a 16 year-old girl from our After
School Program. When Sandy went to the mall to shop for Amy, she was accompanied by her
own 16 year-old daughter. When her daughter realized that the three small items that Amy
had requested were the only presents she would get for Christmas, she became very upset
and began crying. She simply could not believe that these modest gifts were the only ones
that Amy would receive. On the spot, she told her mom that she wanted to use the remainder
of her own Christmas shopping money to purchase additional gifts for Amy, which she did.
When Sandy delivered the gifts to Y.O.U., Inc., she thanked us
for helping to teach her daughter the true meaning of Christmas. |
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