Elbert the Elf

Well, I ran out of time to blog, but not out of time to do Elbert the Elf tasks with the kids

As previously blogged about:

1. Sorted all clothes and ended up with a 30 gallon bag to donate to a family in need
2. Wrote/made Christmas cards for a local nursing home

Everything else:

3. Did Santa for a Senior for a local senior in need

We got a lady named Doris.  Her main request was puzzles, then body wash and a CVS gift card.  Oh my I had trouble stopping the spending.  She reminded me so much of Marko's Aunt Carolyn, an avid puzzle lover, who died in February.  This was the first Christmas  in 10 years I haven't bought her a puzzle and what luck the Senior we were assigned would want a puzzle!

4. Donated money to the Guatemalan child Anthony's sunday school class sponsors

5. Took a donation of pet food to our local humane society

And the kids got to see the animals too and they approved of that :-D

6. Bought new shoes for two kids in need

7. Bought new Christmas Jammies for 3 kids in need

8. Donate food to the (church) food bank

9. make cookies for a neighbor

technically we made chex muddy buddy mix and brownies instead.... because I'm not a pro cookie maker ;-)

10. Simple, yet a big deal to the kids: donating at the Salvation Army's red kettle

11. Invite people to the Christmas program at church-- R.J. came with us along with the usual people I take every Sunday-- Joyce and her three kidlets.

12. Gave the garbage men a large container of fudge
Jayna was quite excited to hand it to the driver.  Bummer I didn't get a picture.  Amusingly they waved and thanked us today :-D  Small gesture still brings Joy a week later!