‘I am down to my last $1.00 and no money for presents or groceries’
Roseville, Ohio It’s a week before Christmas, December 18, 2014. I am down to my last $1.00 and no money for presents or groceries. My social security ran out quicker due […]
‘This gift was a phenomenal boost to help the holidays be brighter’
Agawam, Massachusetts: I picked up my son from his after school program and found a (very heavy) jar in his backpack along with a wrapped box of Legos and copy […]
‘I am so overwhelmed that I get tears every time I think of it’
Wichita, Kansas:I was sitting in my chair playing a game on my computer, watching my daughter sleep. She doesn’t feel well and fell asleep on the couch. My son was in his […]
‘I had to have an unexpected surgery and the doctor bills are mounting’
Location Unknown Last night I was sitting in my room and heard a knock at the door, when we answered it there was a jar on our porch full of […]
‘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 […]