Santa's "Little" Helpers

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Santa's "Little" Helpers were busy this week working for Gilead Ministries.

Gilead Ministries does wonderful supportive things for cancer patients in our community. This is a picture of my friend Bill, the director of the ministry.

For at least six years I've been taking students to Gilead to pack Christmas gifts to be delivered to patients as they undergo their chemo. This year I couldn't get that organized, so several of our school faculty members pitched in to do it.

First we brought in items to go into the gift bags - - - water bottles, popcorn packets, hot chocolate packs, and mini Kleenex packs.

Bill already had a collection of christmas mugs, ornaments, rice bags (for heat or cool therapy) and knit hats to go into the gifts.

Next we got our assembly line organized.

Several ladies sat and got items ready to be deposited into the gift bags as the rest of us walked by with a bag to be filled.

This is my friend Shelli who made up for my slack and got this event organized when I realized I didn't have time to take my class this year.

Santa's Elves would have been PROUD of the work we did!!!

No slackers amongst us!!!

Tim has done this before.

Who let HER in here, and what has she been putting in that bag???

After the bags were packed, we arranged them for someone else to deliver. We stuffed 350 bags in a little over an hour!!!


After all that work we were HUNGRY - - - so we went for a taste of Mexico. YUM!


Shelli said "lean in." I think I took it a little too far!!! Hehehehehehehehehe

Merry Christmas!!!

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