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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 743961" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>My husband, son and I volunteered through our church on Saturday for Merry Christmas Gulf Coast. It was the first time we had ever done anything like this and I was excited but hated getting up so early on the weekend.</p><p></p><p>Bicycles and food were delivered to the school gym we were assigned to. We unloaded the trucks (via human chain which was cool) and then made gift boxes of so many of each item per family. There were 120 families in all helped just from our location and each family received a box of food and a brand new children's bicycle that was built on site by volunteers.</p><p></p><p>My husband and son were outside in the parking lot directing traffic (in the pouring but warm rain). They saw many cars come in that were luxury vehicles and much nicer than what we drive. They saw some people come in beat up cars and some that were dropped off by others.</p><p></p><p>The way these families were chosen is by contacting the school counselors. Children's families that are on the free lunch program were chosen to receive the food and bicycles. One would assume that those driving luxury vehicles were also on the free lunch program and should not be and then were able to receive the gifts from the church. Of course I am not sure of this but it was a bit upsetting to think that someone misrepresented themselves to get the free lunch which in turn turned into them receiving the food/bike. Whether that prevented someone else that was more in need is not something I know. But either way it was nice to volunteer and help feed a family and it was so wonderful to see the children receive the bicycles.</p><p></p><p>I did work as a high school registrar for a few years before reentering the business world and I agree that a counselor should not have spoken to anyone that is not on a confidential list about personal matters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 743961, member: 15032"] My husband, son and I volunteered through our church on Saturday for Merry Christmas Gulf Coast. It was the first time we had ever done anything like this and I was excited but hated getting up so early on the weekend. Bicycles and food were delivered to the school gym we were assigned to. We unloaded the trucks (via human chain which was cool) and then made gift boxes of so many of each item per family. There were 120 families in all helped just from our location and each family received a box of food and a brand new children's bicycle that was built on site by volunteers. My husband and son were outside in the parking lot directing traffic (in the pouring but warm rain). They saw many cars come in that were luxury vehicles and much nicer than what we drive. They saw some people come in beat up cars and some that were dropped off by others. The way these families were chosen is by contacting the school counselors. Children's families that are on the free lunch program were chosen to receive the food and bicycles. One would assume that those driving luxury vehicles were also on the free lunch program and should not be and then were able to receive the gifts from the church. Of course I am not sure of this but it was a bit upsetting to think that someone misrepresented themselves to get the free lunch which in turn turned into them receiving the food/bike. Whether that prevented someone else that was more in need is not something I know. But either way it was nice to volunteer and help feed a family and it was so wonderful to see the children receive the bicycles. I did work as a high school registrar for a few years before reentering the business world and I agree that a counselor should not have spoken to anyone that is not on a confidential list about personal matters. [/QUOTE]
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