Gift Away

The MOMS Club of Chambersburg West put on a gift away for the Franklin County Head Start. Talk about an amazing morning. It all started with an idea that our AVP found on line about another club putting one on as a service project. We voted on it at our meeting and off we went. We only had 2 months to pull it all together. When we  got the update from Head Start they said there should be about 123 families coming. We didn't know how many children that would mean, just knew families.

The Friday before myself, our president, and a few other members waited at the fire hall for the donations to get dropped off and to set up. It took us 7 hours to collect, clean, and organize them. At the last minute we decided to send one of our members to get a few more things since we felt we didn't have enough in a particular age group.

Once it was set up we turned off the lights. Headed home to get some rest.

All these wonderful toys waiting for new families

Board games, toys, a few bikes, books, and DVDs

 The morning of the gift away was crazy. I left my house at 8:30 hoping to get there and get a few last minute things set up. At 8:45am people started lining up. The doors don't open until 9:30am. We tried to explain how it all worked and then welcomed them to start "Shopping". It was a mad house from 9:30-10:30am. In that first hour we helped 190 kiddos get presents. They cleaned us out rather quickly. Over all we ended up helping 250 kids and that averages to being about 1500 toys, games, books, dvds, and stocking stuffers. Not to mention stuffed animals that were just free for the taking. 
Talk about an amazing day. Looking at those kids' faces while they walked out with new toys made my heart smile. So glad to have been a part of this day.

 

End of the day. The few items we had left were donated to the Salvation army,
and a couple other places.