Family Giving

"Dear Santa, Mom said you got lost last year and could not find your way to our house..."
This letter was the beginning of The Forgotten Children's Fund in 1976.

Our yearly outing as a family to wrap gifts for families in need. What a fun time!

Let it be known that we are a very serious family, very serious...

That was not me sticking wrapping paper on Sister Ex!

Forgotten Children's Fund

These Staging Sisters know how to work in a warehouse! Whether it is selecting furniture for staging or gifts to wrap for children in need.

Our family gathers every year to select and wrap gifts, have dinner together and most importantly toast our brother Bryan, no longer with us, who was on the team of dreamers that created the Forgotten Children's Fund years ago. 

Last year we dressed up as elves and actually got to deliver the gifts from Santa all over the city. Hugely inspiring and rewarding. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Stager Girl Stuff

Each year Sister Ex and I volunteer at The Forgotten Children's Workshop. We get assigned a family and shop for their Christmas list in a warehouse full of donated toys, jackets, bikes and gifts.

It all started with this letter:

 "Dear Santa, moma said you got lost last year and couldn't find your way to our house we wrilly mist you aspeshely my little sisters Pleas come this year Santa we are beaing very good. Moma sais youll get lost again so hear is a map love, craig. ps. dont leav aneything for dady becuse he isn't hear anymore"

Forgotten Children's Fund

Our family gathered together to spend time selecting and wrapping gifts for those less fortunate than us. We get together in honor of our brother Bryan who opened a letter from a little boy asking Santa to please stop at their home. From that letter came the Forgotten Children's Fund which now finds these children and delivers them a Christmas.

Our highlights:

 Each group is given a family, you get to choose gifts from the warehouse and wrap them (as best you can). The award for the best gift wrapper went to our Father. He never complained, got frustrated or produced a package that was not acceptable. And I am a liar.... 

This is where they all end up before delivery. Each child in the family receives 3 toys, a coat, scarf and hat, a stocking bag and sometimes even a bike. The parents receive a blanket and 1 or 2 gifts each as well. A very generous program.

I tried something new with my little point and shoot which did not work out so many of my photos were blurry. Sorry Family.

The Forgotton Children's Fund

This letter to Santa says: "Dear Santa, moma said you got lost last year and couldn't find your way to our house we wrilly mist you aspeshely my little sisters Pleas come this year Santa we are beaing very good. Moma sais youll get lost again so hear is a map love, craig. ps. dont leav aneything for dady becuse he isn't hear anymore"

Thank you to Sister Extraordiniare for arranging for our crazy huge family to volunteer wrapping gifts. The gifts are delivered on Christmas to families with so little. The  Forgotton Children's Fund is an amazing organization.  

We participated in memory of our brother Bryan who helped start the Fund on that day in 1976.

The Parents

Middle sister & brother Steve

Sister extraordiniare & Mother

Piles of donations from stores are in a borrowed warehouse. You are given a family to "shop" for. It's especially fun watching your brothers grovelling with the wrapping part of the job. You start calling each member on your "shopping list"  by name and make certain that they would like what you have selected.

The Forgotten Children's Fund is always taking donations. Check out their website: http://www.forgottenchildrensfund.org/