Fairbanks Alaska Food and Toy Drive
As a Fairbanks real estate broker, I see a lot of houses in the course of working with our clients. Amazing, I know. Most of the time I enjoy it (I love what I do) but sometimes it leaves me speechless.
Several years ago a client called a few days before Christmas and told me they had found a house that looked perfect and asked to see the interior. The call came as the last of a house full of out of town guests were arriving and frankly the last thing I wanted to do was show a house. But, we had been looking for a place for these young kids to call home for a while and their enthusiasm was contagious. So, I scheduled a showing and agreed to meet them the next evening.
The house was a tiny little duplex was so small I wasn’t sure we were all going to be able to fit into it at the same time. The buyers, however, loved it and while they were discussing furniture placement I walked next door to let the tenant know we were there and give them a moment to prepare for us to do our walk through. What I wasn’t prepared for was what was waiting inside. A mother and three adorable little girls who (we found out later) had left an abusive home with nothing more than what they had on them at the time.
There on a old TV stand stood the scrawniest little black spruce Christmas tree God ever put on the face of the earth. Poor ‘ol Charlie Brown would have been hard pressed to find a sadder looking tree. A twin bed, a couple of straight back chairs and a few books was all we saw. It was a stark reminder that a lot of needs were going unfulfilled in the world… and more than a few in my own backyard.
It’s easy to help. Money, food, clothes, toys, your time; the smallest gesture would mean the world to someone who is struggling this season. Below are a few Fairbanks charitable organizations and groups that could use your help.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~ Mark Twain
If you have time to donate as well, these organizations would love to hear from you. Don’t forget the folks at Denali Center & The Hospice of The Tanana Valley.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Winston Churchill Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas & God Bless…
