You know, when I was a kid in the DR, I remember how happy we were on Christmas' time. Everything was perfect. We had everything we needed and more. You need to be a Dominican kid to know how GREAT and joyful Christmas in the Dominican Republic is.
One day, when I was about 9-10, I told my late father that I wanted to invite a friend from a barrio to join us. This kid was very, very poor. When we were eating, we saw him trying to put his food inside a brown bag. When dad asked him what was he doing, (I don't remember his exact words, but it was something like) "I want to take this to my house to give to my brothers, sister and parents because they have nothing to eat". EVERYBODY'S hearts were broken right then and there!. Let's just say that his whole family ate Christmas' dinner at their home.
So many moons have passed and there isn't ONE Christmas that I don't think about that episode, and very often, I may add. And since I think about it all the time, I always do something about it.
Now, my questions to you guys is this:
Do you guys want your heart to feel GREEEEEAT?,
Do you guys want to feel like you have made an impact on a person's life?,
Do you wan to help a poor person celebrate Christmas?,
Do you want kids to go to bed hungry on Christmas' Day?, What, you don't?, then I have a solution for you:
Pick a poor family and give them their Christmas' dinner.
It could be a poor family you know or a poor family a friend of yours knows.
It's not that expensive and the way your heart will be feeling will be "Priceless".
Let me tell you how NOT expensive it is:
I asked my friend Mayra to go to a Supermercado and make a list of things needed for a Christmas diner and she gave me the following information:
1- Chicken= 125 pesos each (I didn't write the price she gave me for pork)
2- Mixed nuts= 120 pesos
3- Candy bag= 90 pesos
4- Big Ponche= 140 pesos
5- Grapes= 60 pesos
6- Apples= 100 pesos
7- Rice (5 lbs)= 75 pesos
8- Gandules= 50 pesos
9- Spaghetti= 25 pesos
10- 2 liter Pepsi= 50 pesos
Total: 835 pesos, which is about 27 dollars. Can you imagine making a family so happy and only spending 27 dollars?. Jesus, just my lunch at Chef Allen's, yesterday, was 12 dollars. Amazing!!.
Forget who started this thread, PLEASE help a poor Dominican family celebrate Christmas the way it's supposed to be celebrated: with joy and happiness.
I am doing my part and so far, 17 poor families WILL have Christmas dinner on their tables. Can you guys look into your hearts and just help at least one. Even if you are helping someone you know, try helping someone you don't know also. Trust me, the feeling WILL last you a lifetime, plain PRICELESS!!.
Let a poor person in the DR celebrate Christmas the way it's supposed to be celebrated.
Btw: Even if you can't help with all of the above, try helping with some of it.
Thanks.
One day, when I was about 9-10, I told my late father that I wanted to invite a friend from a barrio to join us. This kid was very, very poor. When we were eating, we saw him trying to put his food inside a brown bag. When dad asked him what was he doing, (I don't remember his exact words, but it was something like) "I want to take this to my house to give to my brothers, sister and parents because they have nothing to eat". EVERYBODY'S hearts were broken right then and there!. Let's just say that his whole family ate Christmas' dinner at their home.
So many moons have passed and there isn't ONE Christmas that I don't think about that episode, and very often, I may add. And since I think about it all the time, I always do something about it.
Now, my questions to you guys is this:
Do you guys want your heart to feel GREEEEEAT?,
Do you guys want to feel like you have made an impact on a person's life?,
Do you wan to help a poor person celebrate Christmas?,
Do you want kids to go to bed hungry on Christmas' Day?, What, you don't?, then I have a solution for you:
Pick a poor family and give them their Christmas' dinner.
It could be a poor family you know or a poor family a friend of yours knows.
It's not that expensive and the way your heart will be feeling will be "Priceless".
Let me tell you how NOT expensive it is:
I asked my friend Mayra to go to a Supermercado and make a list of things needed for a Christmas diner and she gave me the following information:
1- Chicken= 125 pesos each (I didn't write the price she gave me for pork)
2- Mixed nuts= 120 pesos
3- Candy bag= 90 pesos
4- Big Ponche= 140 pesos
5- Grapes= 60 pesos
6- Apples= 100 pesos
7- Rice (5 lbs)= 75 pesos
8- Gandules= 50 pesos
9- Spaghetti= 25 pesos
10- 2 liter Pepsi= 50 pesos
Total: 835 pesos, which is about 27 dollars. Can you imagine making a family so happy and only spending 27 dollars?. Jesus, just my lunch at Chef Allen's, yesterday, was 12 dollars. Amazing!!.
Forget who started this thread, PLEASE help a poor Dominican family celebrate Christmas the way it's supposed to be celebrated: with joy and happiness.
I am doing my part and so far, 17 poor families WILL have Christmas dinner on their tables. Can you guys look into your hearts and just help at least one. Even if you are helping someone you know, try helping someone you don't know also. Trust me, the feeling WILL last you a lifetime, plain PRICELESS!!.
Let a poor person in the DR celebrate Christmas the way it's supposed to be celebrated.
Btw: Even if you can't help with all of the above, try helping with some of it.
Thanks.
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