Adopt a Family – 2014

Adopt a Family – 2014 

Well it’s that time again, snow up north, chilly weather at Sandpipers. Well, yes, but it is also Adopt a Family time at SPR.

We have taken five families on this year with 13 children ranging in age from 1 year to 14 year olds. The theme this year is Grandparents, Grandparents. A majority of our families have Grandparents taking care of these children. Some even have legal custody, others are the main support to make sure the children in their care are properly cared for. 

Thankfully our Sandpiper Elves have stepped up again this year to shop for these children. Without these gracious elves Adopt a Family would not work. Thank you elves, you know who you are.

The head elf, Mary, will be shopping in the next few weeks for the dry and fresh provisions that will help the care givers make sure that the munchkins in their care are fed. Also the elves shopping will make sure that each child will have the proper clothes to wear. Of course it would not be Christmas if something is not also included in the way of a toy, or book, or ball, or whatever that will make a child feel that Christmas has not forgotten them. 

We will need some help to deliver all these gaily wrapped gifts. We have scheduled delivery for Saturday, December 20, 2014. We plan to leave SPR no later than 8:30am. All of the homes where we will make deliveries are within 5 miles of SPR. We anticipate to complete our mission by 10:00/10:30 am. 

If you can spend a couple hours to help and have a vehicle that can carry bags of gifts please see Mary or John at Lot 5. Also anyone who would like to accompany the gift parade is welcome to come along. 

Not all gifts will be delivered this day. In a particularly desperate situation one family is using a three burner stove as their only means to prepare meals. However this stove, which is rented, will be returned to the lessor shortly. So Adopt a Family has stepped in and purchase a new three burner stove and we were gifted a 30 pound propane tank. This will be delivered shortly so this family will continue to enjoy home cooked meals. 

None of this would be possible without the generous support of the residents of Sandpipers Resort. This year’s funds were a result of our 2^nd ANNUAL “FROM THE HEART AUCTION”.   

We will be holding our 3^rd Annual “From the Heart” auction on Saturday January 31, 2015. Funds earned from this auction will go to support next year’s program. Please mark this date on your calendar.  

Also with the change in the SOUP NIGHT program, when you sign the check for your dinner please indicate that you wish a portion of your tab will go to the ADOPT A FAMILY program. 

Any questions or suggestions should be directed to Mary at Lot 5.

A big THANK YOU for your support. 

Mary (Lot 5)