‘My husband had a brain injury and I was out of work’
In 2013 my husband and I were recipients of a Christmas jar. It couldn’t have come at a better time. My husband had a brain injury and I was out […]
‘The tooth fairy had given her this money and she wanted to add it to our jar’
Nebo School District, UtahI am a kindergarten teacher with two half day classes. I have done Christmas jars with my family for a few years, and decided to try it […]
‘I came across a young girl pushing a baby in her shopping cart’
Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania: I received the book last year at Christmas. I requested a book by another author but the giver confused it with Wright. Of course I was grateful […]
‘We came home from church to find a box sitting on our front steps’
Danville, Illinois: At the end of May 2013, I lost my teaching job due to budget cuts. I was unable to get a teaching job for that fall, but I […]
‘The amount of money collected won’t make a dent in their bills’
Chesterfield, Virginia: I was inspired by this notion of a Christmas Jar last year (2013), which I had not heard of until someone graciously gave one to my sister-in-law (a […]
‘I took a jar and put change from my piggy bank’
Winchester, Virginia: My neighbor is a good and funny friend. His name is Brayden and he is five and has a bump (Ewings Sarcoma cancer). I took a jar and […]