Last year, the Mulberry team decided to redirect their holiday funds to those less fortunate. We gave to numerous worthy causes and found the most enjoyment from the Adopt-A-Family program sponsored by Community Christmas. That’s probably because there’s more to it than writing a check…we get to interact with the families, in a sense.

While we don’t get to meet them in person, the organization provides a little information about the family as well as their clothes sizes and toy preferences for the children.

So this year, we headed off to Walmart for a post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy! Rather then searching for another fabulous dickie for Cousin Eddy (please tell me that you do “get” the reference to Randy Quaid’s character in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation!), we are searching for Nerf Launchers, Easy Bake Ovens and Star Wars gear for the family members.

Everything is wrapped and tagged and delivered for distribution to the families. The best part comes a few weeks later when we receive some of the most heartfelt thank you notes you’ve ever read.

Our next event will come in early March when we go bowling for Junior Achievement. Stay tuned!

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