Giving makes the season something more
It’s the one busiest time of the year!
Along with usual work and production, there are greetings to write and mail, shopping, making, wrapping and gifting, home deep cleaning, decorating, special holiday cooking and baking, parties to give and attend, gathering of kith and kin, houseguests, visiting, and other activities. In our area, there are a host of other happenings to share the available time.
Many local businesses and organizations have done a great job of addressing needs and benefits to local people. They have brainstormed and implemented numerous special events. Staff and volunteers of your local museum have participated in a number of these.
At the time of the community tree lighting event in Centennial Plaza just to the west, the museum extended its hours with an open house, live dulcimer music, and supervised crafts for children upstairs. Along with many other businesses along downtown Sandy, the museum was a stop along the Stocking Stroll, with 176 children and accompanying adults stopping in for free items to fill holiday stockings.
People from the museum attended the historic second Chanukah menorah lighting celebration in the plaza. During the festivities, organizers printed the first ever book to be printed in Hebrew in Sandy. The menorah lighting reminded us of the power of light to dispel dark in a world of growing darkness.
We also enjoyed the holiday lights and other events in Meinig Park behind City Hall and Joe’s Donuts. We also gave time for the Kiwanis’ Breakfast with Santa event, where many volunteers across the community gathered to choose gifts for a record number of more than 500 children from more than 200 families in the area. Hoodview Disposal and Recycling had donated thirty brand new bicycles and helmets to the drive, and the Kiwanis rounded up about a dozen others to add to the number. Imagine the wonder and surprise of the recipients! The giving somehow becomes a gift in return.
You can be proud of your community for its involvement and service, which indeed help to make this the most wonderful time of the year.
