Today I swung by the agency and picked up the girls' gifts.
As many of you have commented, I too have been THRILLED each Christmas at what great gifts the kids are given. Very nice coats, clothes and toys and I was glad to see the girls, even at the last minutes, receive LOTS of great stuff. People tend to open their hearts to these kids when they know there is a need.
I wonder if there is a way to let them know there are needs all year round that they could help with? Would they want to?
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That is GREAT that people in your area help! There was an "angel tree" at school that my 7-year-old's teacher nominated her for. They had me fill out her likes, needs, wants, etc. After doing all of that, she got a very cheap coat and shoes from Walmart, a "handmade" fleece blanket, and a coloring book. I was not impressed. I gave her the items, but did not put them under the tree. They did not match the quality of the other gifts I had purchased for her.
I was sad that someone would take one of the "angels" from the tree and then do such a half-way job of fulfilling the wish. When I have taken angels in the past (which I used to always do before I had my own foster kids), I would spend well over $100 on the angel I selected. I added up what had been spent on A. and it was $40 at most.
They say it's the thought that counts. When I know that you give your kids a WAY better Christmas than $40, but you think that is all a foster child deserves, what I think is that you have communicated they are not worth much. :(
There are a couple ladies in my church that are in the process of starting a nonprofit group in our area. They're calling it Birthdays 4 Angels. (A little weird to use the word "angels" in my opinion. But their hearts are in the right place.)
They came to me to see if there was a need. They want to HELP...and not just at Christmas. When I explained that many, many foster kids have never had a birthday party - and that foster parents could use the help to fund something like that - they jumped at the chance.
I'm excited to see what they're able to do. Because, yes, the needs are year round!
You have to show us what they got:)Now I am left wondering.
*Lynn the birthday idea is great.
Today a Christmas card came in the mail to one of our boys with a gift card for $25. This was very nice even though it was late and only to one child, not both.
who was the gift card from?
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