It's the Friday before Christmas and we have successfully completed our SHARE the Season holiday campaign. In a couple of hours we will close the SHARE office for the holiday break. We have four Christmas dinners left out of 5100. A couple more people may stop by to purchase these and any that remain we will donate to St. Vincent de Paul.
I like having just a few dinners left. It means that no one was turned away and also we did not buy more than was needed. SHARE the Season is about making sure that no one is left outside our circle of community. SHARE volunteers worked like Santa's elves to make this happen--thousands of people joining hands and hearts to do more than any of us could ever do alone.
This volunteer activity illustrates the richness of the holiday season perfectly, bringing to life the words of John Greenleaf Whittier, "Somehow not only for Christmas but all the long year through, the joy that you give others is the joy that comes back to you."
Wishing you abundant joy and all the very best for 2012!
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