For the most part growing up in a middle class family and in a fairly small town like Saginaw makes it easy to think that everyone else is just as financially stable as your family. This can lead to the mind set that really low income families live in a different city, state, or even a different country. Sometime it takes the holidays to realize that families who have trouble to provide necessities for living live right in your community, and can't financially afford to provide a dream Christmas for their children which provides hope through their struggles. The importance of understanding this and then applying action is highly encouraged through programs such as The Salvation Army's angel tree of which I've taken a part of, and applied to
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Particularly the Salvation Army angel tree does live up to their claim of “doing the most good” by fulfilling Christmas wishes and needs for nearly 59,000 individuals. They also stand on the roots of Christian beliefs that center on the love, grace, and forgiveness of God through the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. Uniting with a program that believes similar to me was important and allowed my commitment to increase. Other research steps I had to take was deciding what type of gifts would be appropriate for the children I had adopted from the angel tree. I was privileged to have taken part in helping to make a difference in the lives of two children named Ayden and Sofia. For me I felt that I was giving more than a gift, but I was also giving joy. Taking into account that both children are six years old meant that I had to explore the interest of children that age. Thankfully due to the Angel tree program I was provided with a list of the children's wants and needs, and was most intrigued in Ayden’s request for a soccer ball. I personally am apart of the soccer team at school and was more than willing to give a gift for someone with similar interests. As well as for Sofia who wanted anything involving the Disney movie Frozen, which made me remember when I would get dolls of my favorite movie characters. Not only did I purchase the wanted gifts requested, but also the needs that were asked of such as jackets and long sleeved
Particularly the Salvation Army angel tree does live up to their claim of “doing the most good” by fulfilling Christmas wishes and needs for nearly 59,000 individuals. They also stand on the roots of Christian beliefs that center on the love, grace, and forgiveness of God through the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. Uniting with a program that believes similar to me was important and allowed my commitment to increase. Other research steps I had to take was deciding what type of gifts would be appropriate for the children I had adopted from the angel tree. I was privileged to have taken part in helping to make a difference in the lives of two children named Ayden and Sofia. For me I felt that I was giving more than a gift, but I was also giving joy. Taking into account that both children are six years old meant that I had to explore the interest of children that age. Thankfully due to the Angel tree program I was provided with a list of the children's wants and needs, and was most intrigued in Ayden’s request for a soccer ball. I personally am apart of the soccer team at school and was more than willing to give a gift for someone with similar interests. As well as for Sofia who wanted anything involving the Disney movie Frozen, which made me remember when I would get dolls of my favorite movie characters. Not only did I purchase the wanted gifts requested, but also the needs that were asked of such as jackets and long sleeved