Posts by category: Holidays
January 18th, 2010 | Birthdays, Giving, Holidays, Volunteers
Staff at Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by assembling 50 birthday bags which were then delivered to the STEP food shelf for parents to give to their children.
Debra Savitt commented “It went really fast and the staff enjoyed it as well. I hope we can do this again. I am talking it up to everyone I know as the best volunteer opportunity.”
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December 11th, 2009 | Birthdays, Children, Donations, Family, Holidays, Kids
This year many people are rethinking their holiday gift giving and want to do something to reach out to those who are really struggling. One way to do that is with a Cheerful Givers certificate which you can print after you make any size donation. Many parents today often spend $100 on one holiday gift for their child which lasts a short while. Yet that same $100 could provide toy-filled birthday gift bags for ten economically disadvantaged children. In addition, the parents giving the gift are afforded a much-needed sense of dignity, value and hope. It communicates that the parent cares and that the community cares. You can donate now!
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November 1st, 2009 | Children, Family, Holidays
By Kate Smith
The Robert Lewis House is one of the local women’s shelters that receive Cheerful Givers birthday bags for the children that stay there. This month, however, we are shifting the focus from birthdays to Thanksgiving and learning a little bit about how the Robert Lewis House residents celebrate during this special holiday.
The activities that take place on Thanksgiving all depend on how many people are at the shelter that day, according to Support Worker, Sexual Assault Advocate and Safe at Home Application Assistant, Kelli. Continue reading »
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November 1st, 2009 | Donations, Giving, Holidays, News
Several on-line merchants, who have been generous in-kind donors, are now willing to support us further as well as offer some discounts for you when you make purchases from their websites.
Check out these sites for fun gift ideas:
- DelSol (www.delsol.com) – Great color-changing apparel and accessories – COOL stuff! They’ll donate $3 to Cheerful Givers for every order received (coupon code: “GIVER”)
- A Glove Of Their Own (www.agloveoftheirown.com) - A children’s book that is touching hearts across the nation. When ordering, choose Cheerful Givers on the drop-down menu, and $3.00 per book will be donated to Cheerful Givers Continue reading »
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October 2nd, 2009 | Holidays
by Andrea Nies
World Smile Day, held on the first Friday of October, is a day dedicated to “good cheer and good works.” The idea behind this special day stemmed from the creation of the smiley face icon in 1963, now one of the most recognized symbols in the word.
World Smile Day (on October 2nd this year) has a mission: Do an act of kindness – help one person smile.
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October 1st, 2009 | Holidays
By Natasha L. Kohlhoff Polak
Although pumpkins or “pepos” are native to Mexico since as early as 7000 BC for having been used in everyday cooking and serving as drinking cups, we know them today as part of the holiday fanfare for Halloween and Thanksgiving. Orange is their most prevalent color, but they can also be found in shades of yellow, pink, red, green, or even white.
The first concept of Halloween is attributed to the Celts, who honored the gods of Harvest at the end of October. But long before Halloween was actually introduced, the Mexican Aztec Indians had a celebration of their own called Miccailhuitontli, which was a feast day for the dead. They presented sacrifices as a feast for the dead during the harvest season, making the holiday the precursor of Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead held November 1st.
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