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Cimarron29414 · 09-09-2010, 01:22 PM

I'm serious. There's a charity organization partnered with DSS which provides everything to children in foster care because of the burden the foster parents immediately take on. When I decided I needed to do more, I sought out this organization because a similar one would have been what you needed at the time.

First I got involved, then I got my company involved, then I got my customers' companies involved. I created honor system soft drink stations at my customers' offices where 100% of proceeds buy uniforms and school supplies for foster kids. When I started, I sponsored 4 foster siblings for Christmas. Those were the ONLY christmas gifts those kids got that year. Now, the branch of kids that started through your inspiration totals just over 100 kids! We gave 20 beds to foster kids last year, who would have been sharing or sleeping on the floor. We gave 75 kids school supplies in August.

The organization as a whole has grown 35% since 2006. It helped 515 foster kids at school time feel like normal kids.

And it all started with me going, "Shit, if chriswin8 can take in two fosters on a moment's notice to live with him - give up his camaro for a mini-van - give up his boat for some diapers...I can get some orphans something for under the tree, can't I? It's grown from there.

...and I forgot to say, "Thank you" to you. The very best time of my weeks are counting the money going to Angel Tree from the drink stations. The very best time of the holiday is pulling 3 carts of toys out of the store for a marathon wrapping session. The best pictures I take every year are not of my family, it's of the 600 sq. ft. conference room that we STUFF to the gills with bikes and gifts on December 7th.

So...thank you. All I have done and will ever do started with you - and yet, it's only a fraction of what you did, and were willing to do for those two kids.

09-09-2010, 01:22 PM	#73 (permalink)
Cimarron29414 Still Free Location: comfortably perched at the top of the bell curve!	I'm serious. There's a charity organization partnered with DSS which provides everything to children in foster care because of the burden the foster parents immediately take on. When I decided I needed to do more, I sought out this organization because a similar one would have been what you needed at the time. First I got involved, then I got my company involved, then I got my customers' companies involved. I created honor system soft drink stations at my customers' offices where 100% of proceeds buy uniforms and school supplies for foster kids. When I started, I sponsored 4 foster siblings for Christmas. Those were the ONLY christmas gifts those kids got that year. Now, the branch of kids that started through your inspiration totals just over 100 kids! We gave 20 beds to foster kids last year, who would have been sharing or sleeping on the floor. We gave 75 kids school supplies in August. The organization as a whole has grown 35% since 2006. It helped 515 foster kids at school time feel like normal kids. And it all started with me going, "Shit, if chriswin8 can take in two fosters on a moment's notice to live with him - give up his camaro for a mini-van - give up his boat for some diapers...I can get some orphans something for under the tree, can't I? It's grown from there. ...and I forgot to say, "Thank you" to you. The very best time of my weeks are counting the money going to Angel Tree from the drink stations. The very best time of the holiday is pulling 3 carts of toys out of the store for a marathon wrapping session. The best pictures I take every year are not of my family, it's of the 600 sq. ft. conference room that we STUFF to the gills with bikes and gifts on December 7th. So...thank you. All I have done and will ever do started with you - and yet, it's only a fraction of what you did, and were willing to do for those two kids. __________________ Gives a man a halo, does mead. "Here lies The_Jazz: Killed by an ambitious, sparkly, pink butterfly."