Week #9 Toy Donation and a trip to Susie's Firehall!

It's week #9 and so close to Christmas. Paige wants everyone to have something special to open on Christmas day so...she opened up her piggy bank and we took a trip to the dollar store to max out the number of gifts she could purchase. Her sister and cousins Baylee, Cooper and Faith joined us. So fun! They scoured the local Dollarama for anything they thought a young boy or girl would love! They filled two huge gift bags full! Yahoo!!! Cooper asked if he could get something and we all discussed how this was not about getting..but about giving today. After that we headed to Susie's Firehall to drop off the donation. They all wanted to carry the bags into the hall and were excited to show what they had brought. Susie took us for a tour and we got to meet some wicked firefighters, check out the HUGE firetruck and Paige tested out the horn too! Yikes. Paige was so excited to see where Susie worked and it was awesome to see how inspired they all were by her and how great it feels to give to others.

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Week #8 Gift Giving & Cookie Baking...

Paige was a busy girl this weekend and tackled 2 awesome efforts to give back to others.

First Paige filled a shoebox full of stuff for an "adult female" for Operation Shoebox--an initiative led by MacSOC (McMaster Student Outreach Collaborative) that delivers gifts in a shoebox this December to those living in poverty and who are experiencing homelessness in our community.

Paige picked up some great personal items including a new toothbrush (it had to be purple!) and candy too. She hopes whomever receives it has a sweet tooth! We'll drop the box off to our good friend Laurel who sent the information on about this AMAZING initiative. Paige knows how lucky she is to have something to open on Christmas morning and is excited that she was able to give someone else something to open up too.

Next up...baking nut-free cookies for the church. The cookies will be served at the Christmas dinner put on for homeless in our community. We invited Paige's cousins Baylee and Faith over to bake with us too. We decided on ginger bread cookies and just happened to have Christmas cutters in the house. Strange..don't remember having them! lol. The girls cut out angels, stars, candles, reindeer, and Christmas stockings and covered them with bright coloured sprinkles. After they were cooked they got to taste one...maybe two! The rest were packed up and delivered to the church. "Giving back can be pretty tasty" said Paige. Hopefully someone will enjoy the cookies as much we enjoyed baking them!

If you have an idea for Paige's 52 week project let us know!

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Week #7 It's a GREEN week..

This week Paige decided to do something good for the planet. Every little thing makes a difference! She collected all the plastic grocery bags we had from under the sink and in the cupboard and we headed to Fortino's. There's a grocery bag donation container at the entrance. Paige read the sign "Used Plastic Bags will be transformed into other usable plastic materials;not sent to landfill." So great! "Together let's reduce the amount of waste on our planet." Yahoo!!! Paige felt good about her contribution and decided that we can only use reusable shopping bags from now on.

Next week...we are baking Cookies for the church..and participating in "Operation Shoebox".

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