Well wasn't 2008 just a fantastic year. My friend Chris and I start a new business and I was able to play golf on a weekly basis for the first time in many years. A new grand niece was born this year as my family continues to grow.
My church is growing and we continue to look for ways we can serve our community. One of the events we participate in is the "Community Christmas Party". Several churches band together and "adopt" children by buying Christmas gifts for the kids and having a pizza party with them and their parent or parents. This isn't just a church adopting kids it is families in the churches or individuals in the churches adopting the kids. So it turns out to be a wonderful experience for the family or individual to go out and give anonymously to a child of whom they only know by age and the short wish list the child or parent provided. My church was able to sponsor 96 children this year and we are not a big church. Chris and I were pleased that we could sponsor 6 kids with our new business. We hope to help more next Christmas.
If you would like to help next Christmas write to me at dan.nextepgreen@gmail.com and I will get you to the right people that will accept your donation. We put a spending limit of $50 per child. If we didn't do this you might have one child with $50 worth of gifts sitting next to a child with much more. There is also the cost of the arena that is used, the inflatables that are brought in and the food and beverages. All of the workers involved are volunteers, so there is no expense there.
If you have looked around my blog you have seen that I am from Wixom, Michigan which is a suburb of Detroit. This area has devastated by the weakening economy so I expect the need in the community to be greater next Christmas.
One other goal I accomplished in 2008 was to start a blog. This blog is supposed to be about practical, sensible ideas and products that you and I can use to conserve our environment. So maybe next time I will write about that.
Don't be afraid to post your ideas.
Dan
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- dan.nextepideas
- Michigan, United States
- Along with my business partner we are building a business to bring great ideas and innovations to you. I have owned several small businesses and have been in management positions in the manufacturing, retail and food service industries.
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