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CHRISTMAS ANGELS 2014

"counting our Blessings and helping those less fortunate"

Dear Christmas Angels,

Because of your generous and caring hearts 62 families will have a brighter Christmas this year!  We were in awe of the generosity that was shown by each sponsor. The thought that was put into each wish list to be sure that everything was just what the family had requested was heart warming!  The Medfield community as well as those friends who live in other towns never cease to amaze us and we feel blessed to be part of it!  From Christmas Angels we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making Christmas joyous for families who are struggling. We wish you and your families peace love and joy this Christmas! 

Thank you and Merry Christmas!!

Nicki and Jeanne

 (Below is a letter of Thanks from Dawn at the Medfield Community Outreach..please read)

MEDFIELD YOUTH OUTREACH

459 Main Street – Town Hall Floor 2

Medfield, MA 02052

508-359-7121

December 17, 2014

Dear Christmas Angels,

Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness this holiday season.  When all 62 families’ gifts arrived at Town Hall, it was an overwhelming display of the love shown neighbor to neighbor.  There have been multiple phone calls with parents/caregivers so grateful for the generosity and caring shown to them.  

The comments:  “I can’t get over the time it must have taken to pick such nice things”, “we could not believe all that was done”, “we hope that whoever did this for us knows how much it means”.  One mother had lost her job this week.  She said, “Please be sure in knowing that there is no Christmas at my house this year except for what was provided by the angels. Tell them I feel blessed.”  Another parent who is going through a chronic illness said, “I feel a little less alone in knowing so many people care.”  One mother, whose child will age out of the program before next year wrote, “My child hung on to the idea of Santa for a very long time which was possibly due to my absolute conviction when I said I did not buy the Santa gifts. Thank you to all the Secret Santa’s of Medfield.  The gratitude I feel is so overwhelming.”

May you all have a blessed New Year and the deep knowledge that through your giving you lifted up another family and provided hope during times of struggle.  It makes a difference.  We see that difference in the eyes of 62 faces as they pick up their gifts.

Thank you again for participating in Christmas Angels and providing for so many Medfield families.

Warmly,

Dawn Alcott, LICSW

Director

We would also like to thank all of our friends who volunteered their time to help organize and pack up the gifts after drop off as well as pack them into 5 large vehicles to be transported to the town hall on drop off day. We couldn't make this happen without all of your help and support!

CHRISTMAS ANGELS 2013

“COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS AND HELPING THOSE LESS FORTUNATE”

Dear Christmas Angels,

When we posted our first 35 family’s wish lists at 10:30 pm on a Friday night in mid November, we were concerned, as we knew we that we may have even 20 more families in need. We wondered, would the community in Medfield be able to help out with such a great need this year? Well with in 10 minutes of posting, at almost 11:00 pm, 4 of the families were already sponsored!  Our hearts melted at the immediate generosity of this community! Our prayers were answered.  What came to mind for us is the a line from the movie Field of Dreams , “If you build it, they will come.”  Well we built it and you all came!! Together we sponsored 56 families this year and also provided hundreds of dollars of extra gift cards!!  This was the most families ever sponsored by Christmas Angels. Your kindness, compassionate hearts and generosity continue to amaze us. We feel blessed to be part of such a caring community.  Because of all of you there will be 56 families blessed with joy this Christmas morning as they open all of the beautiful thoughtful gifts that you all have given from your hearts.

We thank you all and offer our warmest blessing for a wonderful Christmas!

Jeanne and Nicki

Hi there

We wanted to pass on another letter of appreciation from Dawn at the Medfield Youth Outreach who provides us with most of our families in need. Please read below!

Thank you again!  Nicki and Jeanne

To all the families who sponsored other families through Christmas Angels,

How can we even begin to tell you how you all have blessed others this year?  What may seem like fulfilling a few requests on someone's Christmas list is really so much more.  You have provided love in a tangible way to families who have experienced stress and hardship and have resiliently prevailed.  Your care is almost a recognition that their efforts to get through hard times are not unnoticed.  It is an encouragement that we feel as each family (over 55 through the program this year) came to pick up their gifts.  Although a humbling and hard experience for many, there is also the gratitude that comes forward from each family...so touched that someone who has never met them really cares.  We have heard statements like, "Please, please, please...thank those angels.  They really just don't know what this means!" "Bless whoever did this.  God bless them." "I am shocked.  My kids will have the best Christmas.  I am overwhelmed. Please thank who did this for us!"

Our voice mail is full with thanks.  Cards have come in.  The best thanks remains the actual load we see lifted as folks pick up their gifts and the stress melt away in their faces as a huge smile comes forth.  We can't really put it into words, but...maybe you can imagine it if someone has blessed you in ways unexpected.  

Thank you for paying whatever blessings you have been given forward in this way.  It is incredible to behold.

Many blessings to you and yours.  May your Christmas and 2014 bring you a deep sense in your heart that you all loved well.  That this love is not a one time event, but lives on in families lives...reminding them of their worth and value...that someone indeed cares even when life has been way too hard for too long.

Blessings for the year ahead and the warmest regards,

Dawn and Liz

Medfield Youth Outreach

459 Main St.

Medfield, MA 02052

508-359-7121

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Thank You Christmas Angels 2012

Thank you Christmas Angels!

 Because of your generosity  it has been another successful season of giving! This year Christmas Angels helped 41 families to celebrate a joyous Christmas. Within moments of posting wish lists, the families were sponsored and their needs were met.  Your spirit of giving, as always, goes above and beyond what the families had asked for. We are so thankful for your selfless efforts during such a busy time of year. We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts and wish you all a happy and healthy New Year!

All Our Best,

Jeanne and Nicki

Below are some pictures and words of thanks from both sponsored families as well as the Medfield Youth Outreach.

To the Christmas Angels,

Thank you for all that you have done this holiday season to help Medfield families in need!  The time you take to choose and shop for a child or teen’s request makes a profound impact on the lives of the families served through Christmas Angels.

This year was particularly hard on many families in the community who experienced a job loss or felt the strain of these hard economic times. When they came to pick up their gifts we can see the relief in their faces knowing that their children will have beautiful gifts to open Christmas morning.  Thank you for your generosity!  Thank you for the heart behind all that you do to lift up a neighbor who could use extra cheer this holiday season.

Here are some examples of how your generosity touched the lives of a Medfield family and what a few people had to say!

• “Thank you very much for your thoughtfulness!”

• “Your kindness is greatly appreciated, thank you again!”

• “This is such a relief, I can’t even tell you, thank you so much.”

• “Thanks again for your support through these tough times.”

• “Words cannot express how happy you have made our family this Christmas! When our girls open their gifts they will be so overjoyed. Thank you for taking the time to pick out such beautiful things and thank you for having such a good heart and helping our family. 
  Our family sends you warm wishes for a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!”

• “Thank you for all that you do!”

• “Thank you so much for all you've done for our family.”

• “This year has been particularly hard for our family, and it is so nice to know this Christmas is taken care of and nothing has to change for our children. Thank you to our sponsors!”

• “I cant thank you guys enough, this means so much to my family. Merry Christmas!”

• One single mother lost her job this past year and has been struggling to make ends meet while also searching for a new job. We could see the visible relief in her face and watched her shoulders relax as a weight was lifted off her shoulders. Thank you!!

Thank you to all of the sponsors for your generosity this Christmas season! We are all so thankful to live and work in such a giving community. Happy Holidays!

Warm wishes,

Dawn and Liz

Thank You Christmas Angels 2011!

Dear Christmas Angels, Thank you, thank you , thank you! Your generousity and kindness has been overwhelming! Because of you, 42 families in need recieved Christmas joy this year as their whole Christmas was provided for! Twelve families recieved special request items such as a digital camera, bicycle, American Girls dolls, Vacuum, sports tickets, the list goes on. All of you truly are angels, spreading kindness and love this Christmas!  One grateful mother wrote to us;  "I just wanted to say thank you to everyone! Everything my son got was perfect! I was expecting one toy but you guys went above and beyond!"   Another family wrote: "Dear Medfield Christmas Angels, We want to thank you VERY MUCH for your generosity,caring and thoughtfulness to our family during this holiday season. With all the medical etc...issues we have been dealing with, your generous gifts helped make our Christmas Special. Our children have learned that there are still truly caring people still out there which have been hard to find! We ask that God bless you all as we know he's just blessed us with people who truly care for others,especially caring for and helping complete strangers! We truly can't thank you enough!" We thank you all for counting your blessings and helping those less fortunate.  We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas! Jeanne and Nicki  thechristmasangels.blogspot.com  The following is a letter sent to us from our liasons, Dawn and Jen, at the Medfield Youth Out Reach: December 14, 2011 Dear Christmas Angels, We are overwhelmed by your generosity to your neighbors this year!  As we entered Nicki’s basement and saw all the gifts for 42 sponsored families our hearts were so lifted.  This season has been particularly tough on many families we serve.  We hear the stories of so many whose burdens are heavy throughout the year.  Your giving has made an incredible difference in the lives of the families you have served in this special way.  Experiencing with a parent the special joy of picking up their packages is such a wonderful encounter.  Each parent has had a special comment about how grateful they are for the generosity and care put into the shopping for their children.  There are often tears as folks relay how good it feels to know they will have something for their children to open at Christmas. We have already received the following thoughts in thank you emails from those sponsored: “I can't thank you enough, as well as the families that participated.  Their generosity is overwhelming.  Thanks again for everything. Happy Holidays!” Father "I was touched by the generosity, had no expectations to get so much, I truly thought will get one thing off the list, The Christmas Angels took care of every item on our list. It brought tears in my eyes. It makes me so happy. Thank you for everything! Thank you ANGELS. Thank you thank you thank you!” Thank you for thinking about your neighbors this year and acting on those thoughts in such a truly caring way.  When times are tough, just to know that someone out there cares…and “sees” you, can mean all the difference to someone who is hurting. We wish you all many blessings this holiday season.  As you celebrate your own holidays, please know that you have likewise given others an additional reason to be glad this holiday season. All the very best, Dawn and Jen Medfield Youth Outreach

MORE NOTES OF THANKS FROM 2011

From CA4: Dear Angels, You are truly my Christmas Angels. God bless you. You have made a difference that is so appreciated. My grandchildren would not have a Christmas without your gifts and wonderfully loving spirit! 

From Anonymous: To the blessed Christmas Angels- May peace and joy of the Christmas season fill your hearts and homes! Thank you so much for your concern and generosity! 

We will be sure to keep you posted as more come in! 

2010 Christmas Angels: Thanks to the generosity from all of you :)