Giving Stories
When Lisa’s daughter confided in her that a friend’s family was in danger of being without food, the two took action right away to help. It came to light that the Grandfather in the family, age 74, was unable to work and had just recently lost his job. Having family coming in for the holidays, he was feeling despair that there was going to be empty cupboards when they arrived. Using the Angel Gift, Lisa
When Kristi consulted one of her colleagues in the HR field about where her Angel gift could be best used, it turned out that she knew a woman who worked at her own company as a security guard. Making $10.50/hour, this woman’s options for housing were somewhat limited. When her apartment was condemned, she found herself with no resources to move. The new apartment that she was able to find within her means was on
The woman Jen chose for her Angel Gift had spent many Christmases being an Angel herself. Each holiday season, her recipient had used her own passion for photography to take holiday family photos as a fundraiser for a family in need. During a past holiday season, Jen had given this same woman her envelope to pass along to her own chosen family, so the recipient was already familiar with the story of Angels on the
I talked to my kids one night about Angels on the Street over dinner. I told them what it was and how we played a part. We talked about how I was assigned to find a person or family in need to give it to. We talked about a few possibilities, and then my daughter mentioned a boy in her class coming to school with his mom’s coat. She overheard the teacher asking him why he
I decided to give my $100 to a gentleman who works for one of my father’s companies. He is a hard working individual. They had to lay him off at some point in the year due to lack of work. They have since hired him back but he struggles a lot financially as he is the only one providing for his wife and 3 very young kids, all under the age of 4. He was