A Child's One Wish

Christmas passed 12 days ago, and we all had our list of expensive things we wanted, like an iPhone or an iPod touch or even a laptop. On Christmas, we eat so much food while there are children on the streets starving. Their Christmas list only has one thing on it. For things to be better.
     A few years ago, a few days before Christmas, my family decided it was time to give back. My mom looked in the newspapers and online for organizations in Edmonton that feed hungry people at Christmas or donate gifts. She found a few that she thought looked good and gave them a call. She found one in particular that served hungry or poor people a hot meal on Christmas day, and one that donated presents to families that couldn't afford to buy their own.
     That day once my mom told us about what we were doing this Christmas, we drove out and found 6 presents that we thought younger children would enjoy. Things that were popular back then, like Polly Pockets, Barbies, Lego and Transformers. We then drove over to West Edmonton Mall and donated them. Have you ever walked down by the big boat in W.E.M. and seen all of the presents? These are what all of the people are donated to the company called Santa's Anonymous. And now we can say we helped a child smile on Christmas Day.
     On Christmas Eve we had our fun with our family and got our own presents, then went to bed while visions of sugarplums danced in our heads. In the morning we quickly had breakfast and then before opening any more presents, we drove over to the place where the breakfast for the hungry would take place. When we got there, the food was already made so we just went to where all of the other people waited to start serving. Once all of the rest of the people where there, me and my brother peeked out to where the people we were going to serve the meal to sat. They all looked so excited, jumping up and down in their seats and grinning ear to ear! Someone started talking so me and my brother scurried back to where we were supposed to be.
     Once we were back to where we were supposed to be, we started grabbing plates to serve. Every time I gave someone a plate, they politely said thank-you or gave me a huge smile. Even once a girl not much younger than me had a tear in her eye, as she thought she was so blessed.
     Once we were done serving, I knew we had done something that these people would remember for the rest of their lives, and so would I.
     I am sharing this story with you so that next Christmas, you can help too. You don't even have to wait for Christmas, you can help on other holidays too, because if we all do something to help, that's just one step closer to getting rid of this terrible global issue.

See you next time ;)

~Julia Wilkie