Helping for the Holidays

It has been brought to my attention that we have people who would like to help make sure we can stand by the fact that SANTA DOES NOT GO ON STRIKE!!!

I have received numerous messages from my initial cry for help of people wanting to help with Christmas gifts as well as the food and clothing donations I initially asked for. I have also been contacted through this blog about people wanting to help under anonymous circumstances.

The Replacements suggested on my last posting the idea of Paypal or Wal-Mart money grams. While these are great ideas, the anon. factor could be lost as those channels require the senders name and personal information when they send money. Paypal would also charge processing fees if somebody donated via credit card which would be less we could do for our children. I also can not set any of this up as I am NOT officially with LL 735- I'm just another one of the family members trying to do what I can to help as many as I can.

Some suggestions I have are that anyone wishing to contribute to our efforts can take donations to the Union Hall. You can bring gift cards there or you can make cash donations to help make sure our members have basic essentials.Money Orders and Cashiers checks mailed in to the Union Hall are another way to secretly contribute. This keeps your personal checking information confidential (i.e. you address, your account number etc.) yet still helps. I totally understand this could put some people in an awkward situation- especially those members of management who have supported us through this (you know who you are). If this is the case, you can mail in your support or I can make arrangements to pick up any help you wish to provide. I will not send union members due to the tension on both sides right now. Anybody wishing to help in this manner can post a comment on this blog with DO NOT APPROVE attached to it. If you do this you will have to tell me who you are and how you may be contacted. I strongly believe in confidentiality as I have said in previous posts and guarantee you 100% anonymity. (YES THIS INCLUDES ANON WITH MY OWN HUSBAND!!)

As I went through the Sunday paper yesterday, I saw a LOT of items on sale or being offered under buy one get one free. As I shop for my own family this week, I will also be shopping for my Union family. If an item is Buy 1 get 1 and is on my list- I will be picking up 2- one for my child and one for the Santa Drive. Target also has a lot of board games on sale for $4. I will be picking up some of those as well. My youngest child had asked for one of them specifically and it was going to run me $20 For that same $20- my child will now have the gift they wanted but 3 other children will also have a gift.

Time for me to pop off of here and get the family kicked in the rear. Thanks so much for all of your comments!!