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12-05-2011, 07:07 PM
At Thanksgiving I sold some Zambini lube to help sponsor 2 needy kids for Christmas. Me and my wife always try to sponsor 2 kids, that might not get anything or not much at all this time of year.
We feel like we are blessed, making the money we do, and when we want we just go buy to begin with.
I remember 20 yrs ago, what it was like having 2 kids, and only making $7.75/hr at my old job. We had to rely on the coat a kid program to provide us coats and shoes for the kids for the winter and having to go to the food bank to help on food. Plus I remember my parents helping us buy gifts for the kids. I never forgot that and I never will.
10 yrs ago, my mother and I bought a 5 yr old a bicycle for Christmas. The father had died earlier that year, in a car wreck, I believe. The mother had given birth just a few months after the father died. But my mother delivered the mail, the boy would come gett it from her, mom would ask him everyday what he wanted for Christmas. He'd get real excited and say he wanted a bicycle. That Christmas, we went in with mom and bought that child a bicycle, put a bow tie on it and mom delivered it when she took them their mail.
She told the little boy, Santa didn't have room in the sliegh and wanted her to give it to him.
Everyday till the house sold that spring, he would ride the bicycle out to get the mail from mom, even in the snow!!
After feeling as good as I did about it, I remembered what it was like when I was poor, and ever since then, I have helped 2 kids for Christams ever since, plus donate food to a food bank this time of year.
I decided to sell the lube to help fund the 2 kids we'll sponsor for Christmas, besides what we'll be buying from our Christmas Club money.
But long story short, I sold the Zambini to Cdet69 and Johnk454.
I want to thank both of them for the sale.
I hope they found the lube satisfactory.
After posting to Johnk454 what I was doing with the sale, I recieved his check for more than what I sold the lube for. He wanted me to use it to help buy for the kids we'll be sponsoring.
Not shortly afterwards, I recieved a post from Frank Martinez asking for my address so he could help us help the kids.
I received a money order today.
This is a heartfelt THANK YOU to Cdet69, Johnk454 and Frank Martinez for helping me make 2 kids christmas extra special this year.
I will be sponsoring 2 boys, was hoping for a boy and a girl, but I will gratefully buy for them.
The boys' ages are 5 and 7.
I really hope the 7 year old still believes in Santa.
Theres nothing greater in this world than seeing a childs eyes Christmas morning, and thinking Santa came when they were asleep and delivered them presents.
Again Thank You.
I will be posting pics of the gifts I will buy for the 2 boys we're sponsoring.
I feel lucky to have the opportunity to make these 2 boys Christmas a happy one.
Correction.....My son just brought the 2 tags off the tree from work home for me, I've got a 5 yr old boy and a 5 yr old girl to buy for!!
We feel like we are blessed, making the money we do, and when we want we just go buy to begin with.
I remember 20 yrs ago, what it was like having 2 kids, and only making $7.75/hr at my old job. We had to rely on the coat a kid program to provide us coats and shoes for the kids for the winter and having to go to the food bank to help on food. Plus I remember my parents helping us buy gifts for the kids. I never forgot that and I never will.
10 yrs ago, my mother and I bought a 5 yr old a bicycle for Christmas. The father had died earlier that year, in a car wreck, I believe. The mother had given birth just a few months after the father died. But my mother delivered the mail, the boy would come gett it from her, mom would ask him everyday what he wanted for Christmas. He'd get real excited and say he wanted a bicycle. That Christmas, we went in with mom and bought that child a bicycle, put a bow tie on it and mom delivered it when she took them their mail.
She told the little boy, Santa didn't have room in the sliegh and wanted her to give it to him.
Everyday till the house sold that spring, he would ride the bicycle out to get the mail from mom, even in the snow!!
After feeling as good as I did about it, I remembered what it was like when I was poor, and ever since then, I have helped 2 kids for Christams ever since, plus donate food to a food bank this time of year.
I decided to sell the lube to help fund the 2 kids we'll sponsor for Christmas, besides what we'll be buying from our Christmas Club money.
But long story short, I sold the Zambini to Cdet69 and Johnk454.
I want to thank both of them for the sale.
I hope they found the lube satisfactory.
After posting to Johnk454 what I was doing with the sale, I recieved his check for more than what I sold the lube for. He wanted me to use it to help buy for the kids we'll be sponsoring.
Not shortly afterwards, I recieved a post from Frank Martinez asking for my address so he could help us help the kids.
I received a money order today.
This is a heartfelt THANK YOU to Cdet69, Johnk454 and Frank Martinez for helping me make 2 kids christmas extra special this year.
I will be sponsoring 2 boys, was hoping for a boy and a girl, but I will gratefully buy for them.
The boys' ages are 5 and 7.
I really hope the 7 year old still believes in Santa.
Theres nothing greater in this world than seeing a childs eyes Christmas morning, and thinking Santa came when they were asleep and delivered them presents.
Again Thank You.
I will be posting pics of the gifts I will buy for the 2 boys we're sponsoring.
I feel lucky to have the opportunity to make these 2 boys Christmas a happy one.
Correction.....My son just brought the 2 tags off the tree from work home for me, I've got a 5 yr old boy and a 5 yr old girl to buy for!!