Celebrating this holiday season with a three year old, it’s important to me to make sure that he realizes that there’s a “reason for the season,” a reason that goes beyond Santa, presents, and a shiny tree. It’s important to me to help him realize that there are people less fortunate than ourselves, and that we need to do what we can to help. We are doing this in several ways this season-including donating toys to kids less fortunate and visiting our local food bank with our Bible Study group. I wanted to share the joy in another way this season, also, which is why, with the help of World Market, I created a gift basket to share with a local children’s shelter…
Shopping for this gift basket was so much fun-I had no idea what a large selection of yummy-looking goods World Market had to offer (here’s a hint: don’t shop hungry!). Here are a few images of some of my favorite finds…
Once we got home, my three year old and I unpacked our yummy finds…
Pictures really are worth a thousand words, aren’t they? I don’t even need to tell you the variety and quality of food items I found (and the prices were pretty good, too!)
Now, the hardest part of all…you guessed it-fitting everything I bought into the huge basket I also purchased….
I think we did a pretty good job, if I do say so myself! Seriously, though, the hardest part was deciding which local organization to donate our basket to. After a lot of research, I finally decided on St. Joseph’s Villa for Children, which provides care and education to more than 500 children and families each day.
This was really one of the most rewarding experiences of the holiday season, and I look forward to doing something similiar every year! No matter how you decide to give back this season, I encourage you to “share the joy” in one way or another.
In that same vein, World Market has an amazing Share the Joy Sweepstakes going on now:
Grand Prize package includes: A $5,000 American Express Gift Card for you and $5,000 for a charity of your choice. You could be one of 5 winners (one winner per week), ends 12/21/12.
What a great giveaway-I encourage you all to enter!
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