Team: Roger & Dionne
All these years in public relations and now I’m realizing I made the wrong career choice.
Unfortunately, however, there was no degree offered when I went to college that would have prepared me for the very best job in the world: being one of Santa’s helpers.
If you don’t believe me – no matter whether you are a brain surgeon, candle stick maker, baker or banker – just join us and Give Yourself as my teammate Dionne Aiken and I did the other day in delivering gifts to B.A.S.E. Camp. Dionne has already written here about how much fun it was to shop – and we captured some of that spree on video as we shopped for gifts for the family we “adopted” through this incredible charitable cause.
But just as touching and rewarding was meeting with Executive Director Jackie Ellis and one of B.A.S.E. Camp’s delightful volunteers Joyce Lowe who were excitedly stockpiling gifts for the many families with children suffering from severe blood disorders and undergoing treatment for cancer.
In every nook and cranny of their cramped Winter Park offices were groups of packages labeled for one family or another who were to come together Dec. 21 for an annual Christmas Party for the kids. Moms and Dads will be spirited out of the party for a few minutes to pick up the gifts that had been purchased based on their children’s wish lists and then they’ll be off to wrap these presents on behalf of Santa.
But there’s sad news. There are still many, many families to be adopted. And even though there are only a couple of weeks left before the big day, there’s still time to contact B.A.S.E. Camp at (407) 673-5060 and either volunteer to go shopping or to give them a cash donation and they’ll do your elf work for you.
Please … GiveYourself!
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