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I'm such a sucker for stories about celebrities who volunteer and donate money to great causes especially during the holidays...
I've been reading about how talk/cooking show host Rachel Ray not only had her crew rebuild and remodel a soup kitchen in Ohio, but is also making sure it will be supplied with enough food to feed its more than 500 clients for an entire year.
See? I'm a total sucker for this stuff...
The community where the soup kitchen is located has been particularly hard-hit by the economic recession: The unemployment rate is up to 15 percent. Moreover, whereas six months ago, the soup kitchen served 200 clients on a typical day, now it serves upward of 500 clients daily.
The soup kitchen remodel is part of a 20-city road trip she is doing with Cincinnati native Nick Lachey for the Rachel Ray Show.
I volunteer at a food pantry in my community twice a month, and during the holidays I'm hoping to step up my involvement a bit. It's peanuts compared to the time and resources Rachel Ray has contributed, but it's what I can give right now.
How does your family give back during the holidays?
Let Charity Begin at Home This Holiday Season
Comments (5)
I have done this in the past for Christmas time, I also used to make homemade wreath to pass out, and collected small 'gifts' to give to the children in the shelter that I donated my time to each Christmas...
It was one of the most uplifting things I have ever done.
It still is... helping another human being out of kindness ROCKS!
As much as the way she talks annoys me (can't help it!) she is awesome. She does a lot for pit bull rescue too because of her dog.
we do a lot of donations and volunteering through our Church. also, a local women's political group i am is does a toy drive during the holidays and we recently gave paper backs and magazines to the VA on Veteran's Day and collected toiletries for a local women's shelter.
I really like her & now I like her even more...Ohio has been in a depression since 2001 it seems & the shelters & food banks are really struggling. We actually donate to one of our favorite shelters every month - it's part of our budget - around Christmas we try to make a large donation...when I retire (haha), I would like to volunteer full-time!
I volunteer through an awesome organization called Alternatives for Girls in Detroit. Every year my daughter and I "adopt" a girl to buy gifts for. I also help out at their Christmas fair.
I collect pop cans and bottles in the office (we have about 75 people) and return them. With the money we get back usually about 50.00 I buy canned goods for the local food bank and in order to get into our X mas party everyone has to bring at least 5 canned goods or clothing items (like mittens, scarves, socks ect..)
We help out all year long so really nothing changes for us other than we get to live out the idea that giving is better than receiving