This is my third year giving, and I was very happy to give to such a deserving person. I gave my gift to a 70-years-young lady who had just recently gained custody of her two grandchildren. The kids were taken away from their drug-addicted parents by CYFD (Children, Youth and Families Department) and placed in their grandmother’s care. I had known her for a few years, but never knew her whole story.

We started talking, and I listened to the hardships she had been going through. It’s not easy working part-time at her age, having to put food on the table, and being worried about Christmas for the kids. She told me that her faith kept her going. I told her about our company (Payday HCM) and the Angels on the Streets program in which we had been participating for a few years.

I felt it was a good opportunity to present the envelope to her. She just stared at me as tears rolled down her face. She told me she had prayed that morning that God would help her. She didn’t know how she was going put food on the table that week. She grabbed and hugged me, thanking me and thanking our company for doing this. Wow, what a feeling to brighten someone’s day and spirits.