Thanks to random.org, we’ve chosen 3 winners–Bonnie, Pat, and Nancy–all who’ve been notified and are just a few days away from receiving a beautiful holiday wreath.
My Dad just turned 86 this past Sunday. He and Mom live in a quiet friendly neighborhood on Deer Point Lake in Panama City, FL, nearly 1300 miles from me. MapQuest says it’s a 20 plus hour drive.
Mom and Dad have had their share of health issues these last couple of years and aren’t as active in the kitchen as they used to be. That’s why I’m grateful they have nice neighbors. At least two or three times a week, Sharon and Norm from down the street bring supper. Mom has dubbed them her “Meals on Wheels.”
If my parents didn’t have friends who brought them regular meals, they’d for sure be needing a little help from Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) the oldest and largest national organization whose mission is to eliminate hunger among seniors. Lindsay Olives believes in MOWAA too and are donating proceeds from their Handmade Olive Branch Holiday Wreaths to this worthy organization.
Lindsay Olives has also given us three holiday wreaths to give away this season. Made from olive, bay, and eucalyptus branches, they can be hung on an interior or exterior door or used as a table decoration as seen above. To enter this contest, simply complete the following statement: this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by…
Posting deadline is this Friday, December 3rd at 6:00 PM Eastern Time. Winners will be announced by 9:00 AM Eastern Time on Monday, December 6th.
If you’re not one of the lucky winners, however, and would still like a wreath, they’re very reasonable—$30 for a 14-inch one, $35 for an 18-incher (plus shipping) with delivery until December 31, 2010. You can order at www.lindsayolives.com or call (800) 765-2029.
Let the responses begin!
this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by…. participating in my church’s holiday basket program.
I know I can’t win, but I’ll still take the challenge. This holiday season, I will do my part for people in need by participating in a program that houses homeless men in churches and synagogues during the winter months. This program provides shelter, but it also provides home-cooked meals, entertainment and fun, and fellowship. What it really does is reminds us that we’re a community–those experiencing homelessness and those who are not. It’s not us and them, we’re all in this together.
This season I will do my part for people in need by donating money to my school’s collection to provide presents and food to needy families whose children attend my school.
this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by donating toys to a local toy drive
I’ve already made cornbread muffins to go with the soup that will be delivered to homebound people. There will be more food cooked over the next few weeks for homebound people and deliveries made. At this time, I can’t do structured volunteer work, so I try to do things like this all year round.
this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by…compiling a gift basket for families in need
this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by…sponsoring children through Compassion International. We are doing this with our two boys – One gift that we all share (legos) and then giving to children in need. Excited! and surprisingly they are too.
this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by working at an event to distribute clothes to single mothers and their children. Handofblessing.org
This holiday season I will do my part for people in need by having my boys, husband and I volunteer at a local soup kitchen and help prepare and serve holiday dinners to those
who are homeless or in need.
this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by….donating a Christmas tree to the local women’s shelter and supplying toys for any of the children in that shelter.Women’s shelters have always been at the top of my giving list.
This holiday season I will do my part in need by.. donating gifts for children at Johns Hopkins Hospital through the organization Child’s Play, raising money for our town’s needy through our Polar Bear Plunge and donating gifts to our church. Thank you!
My 2 year olds favorite part of going to any store right now is to toss change into the Salvation Army bucket. He loves the bell and also tells the ringers “no, thank you” every time.
I know I can’t win either, but I’d like to join in the fun. I really want to connect with this homeless man and his dog that lives around the corner. He is there every day. I often give him cash, but that doesn’t go too far. I’d like to ask his name and find a way to do something more. He’s a nice guy, everyone in the neighborhood likes him.
his holiday season I will do my part in need by donating to our local food bank, Toys for Tots and volunteering with Boston Cares.
working with my church’s service ministry to provide meals for families in need.
This holiday season I will be volunteering at my church. I am also in the process of finding out if I can help our local food shelter after work hours. Meals on Wheels is a wonderful program – they enabled my husband’s grandmother to continue living independently by providing meals each day.
being aware of my neighbors’ needs right on my own street – the husband next door w/diabetes so severe he can no longer walk, the elderly couple across the street and the family kitty-corner from us w/a new baby. taking food, the gift of time to stop for a minute and listen.
thank you for doing a giveaway that makes us think about our answers – quite appropriate this season!
This holiday season I will be donating my time to a local food bank.
This holiday season I will do my part for people in need by donating a snowsuit to a family who can’t afford one for their child.
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This holiday season I will do my part for people in need by donating a snowsuit to a family who can’t afford one for their child.
……sending a check to my local food bank. I can’t stand the thought of anyone going to bed hungry and not having access to food!
This holiday season I will do my part for people in need by filling Operation Christmas Child Boxes with my daughters. And just slowing down and being kind to everyone who crosses my path. Sometimes people are in need of love.
This holiday season I will do my part for people in need by donating hats, gloves and scarves to those less fortunate.
We will clean out our closets and give our gently used items to charity. We also adopt a family each year and help them with decorations, food, and presents.
We donate gifts of toys to a local charity that distributes to children who otherwise wouldn’t have anything under their tree, we donate foods to the local food bank, we donate all outgrown outerwear, clothing, household goods and toys to those in need, we spend time after storms shoveling snow for others, and there’s always room for one more at our dinner table too!
Adopting a local family for Christmas. I’m hoping my two kids (4 and 6) will continue to learn how fortunate we are and how important it is it help others, especially at the holidays.
This Christmas our family will donate and on Christmas Eve deliver Christmas gifts to families who can’t afford to buy them for their children via http://www.countrysanta.org . This is always an eye-opening experience, and our family always receives more, in blessings, than we give. We also packed 7 boxes for Operation Christmas Child, so we can share Christmas with children in other parts of the world.
I’m organizing a can drive with our cub scouts to raise money for a charity in Arkansas that provides farm animals to families.
Ive already done one bake sale and have at least two more on for this weekend
At work this year we are giving hampers to three seniors~one couple and one single lady~instead of a gift exchange.
this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by…
Instead of giving traditional christmas gifts to friends and families I will be making charitable donations in their names.
this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by…
donating food and other items to various organizations in my area
This holiday season I will do my part by working at our local charity sorting clothes.
By donating canned goods and toys to local charities.
I am giving to the Salvation Army everytime I see them standing in the cold, donating snowsuits, being kind to everyone I encounter as a smile in someone’s day can go a long way, canned goods to the Boy Scouts, and anything else I can do to help others on a daily basis!
I have adopted a needy family this year, and have donated to the local food bank, but my real pledge is to help more throughout the year, and not just during the holidays.
I just finished tearing through the house in all my hiding places in closets and drawers. Tonight is our monthly block book party (Pam you were a guest at one time) and i’ve invited everyone to bring books they no longer want and a hand/body creme. We will wrap the cremes (along with some candies I picked up) and bring them down to the emergency womens shelter where by Christmas they expect to have 25 women. They also have a little library and with the way this group reads we’ll be able to restock their library with up to date books. It is amazing how many new bottles of cremes and body gloves i have, i am so happy to be sending them where they will be greatly appreciated and needed.
We are giving a donation to a charity that assists children in need worldwide.
Continuing to take meals to my elderly next door neighbors (we take batches of our soups and other homemade goodies.) I also plan on taking my two girls to Stewpot to serve meals in the town where we live. They always donate canned goods, but I want them to serve…to be the hands and feet of Christ. We are also planning a Christmas party for a group of girls and will ask for donations for the food center at our church.
This holiday season I will do my part by donating to my town’s Christmas Wish program.
This holiday season I will do my part by donating to our local food and toy drive. At work we do an Annual Fill the Bus food and toy drive, I volunteer my time at local events and have a bus so people know where to donate. Just a small part, but helps lots of local families in need.
I will do my part for people in need by listening to people more carefully to see where I can be of help to them.
this holiday season I will do my part by donating toys to toys for tots and a coat to a coat drive at a co-worker’s child’s school
I will continue to help out with the Community Christmas basket – it’s a great cause and it helps out so many families.
This holiday season I will do my part for people in need by…teaching my young children to love on people in need so that my efforts will be quadrupled. Delivering meals with them to hungry homebound families, serving meals and delivering homemade cards to the homeless, filling Operation Christmas Child boxes for needy children, and ringing the Salvation Army bell as a family.
This holiday season I will do my part for people in need by helping my daughter with her homemade cookies outreach mission at Vision Ministries. I’m also having a community food pantry new toy and food drive in my 5th grade SS class. And we’re collecting extra offering for the Compassion Child we support in El Salvador. We’ll be responding to other opportunities in our community as well, as there is much need here in the midwest.
These wreaths are beautiful. I sent the 18″ inch one to my stepdaughter in MN at Thanksgiving and she was thrilled to pieces! (Would love to have one myself…..!)
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this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by… making a concerted effort to do everything that I can for a friend in need- recently divorced, 2 kids (teenage boys), overwhelmed at work, and no support system. I’ve helped her in the past, but I want to dig in deeper- and provide support that she really needs.
What a beautiful giveaway! this holiday season I will do my part for people in need by donating to our Adopt-a-Families at school, bringing in food for the food drive and supporting via Share Our Strength.
This Holiday Season I will do my part for people in need by preparing and delivering meals to the homeless & donating to a local domestic violence shelter.
We will renew our commitment to donate money to our local food bank throughout the year. We also have fun donating new toys and gifts for children entering the foster system/ recovering from abuse and neglect in our county. Most service organizations appreciate donations year round, not only at the holidays, so everyone can feel good giving time, goods, or money any time of year. Peace and joy, y’all!