The Holidays are Here!

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It’s that time of the season again when the sounds and smells of the holidays fill the air.

Families make arrangements to get together and enjoy food, cheer and togetherness and store windows are filled with trinkets, toys and gifts in every size, color and price range. You simply can’t wait for the holidays to be here.

But there are those among us who dread the upcoming holiday season. Not because they don’t look forward to participating in the holiday cheer, but because finding tomorrow’s dinner is a challenge, let alone worrying about how to provide a festive holiday meal for the whole family. Purchasing shoes and clothing for their children means paying the rent and utilities late, but hoping that the landlord will be understanding so they have a place to sit down and help their children do homework. Hoping that money will come from somewhere so that there will be gifts beneath the tree when the children wake on Christmas morning, or hoping to think of a reason that is good enough to soothe a young child who wonders why Santa didn’t visit.

There are those among us who have hit rock bottom not because they aren’t honest and hardworking people, but because they are playing the hand that life dealt them, doing the best that they can to survive one day at a time.

Let’s take the time out this holiday season to remember those less fortunate. Light of A Thousand Stars will be participating in a few initiatives to insure we are doing our part to remember those that society may have forgotten. Be sure to do your part this Holiday season, spread the Love!

Here’s how L.O.T.S is providing a helping hand to the community this Holiday Season:

  • September 30th 2019 Revitalizing a Community Garden with “GrowNYC”

  • Oct 20th 2019 Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

  • Oct 23rd 2019 Fundraiser for Susan B Komen (Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation)

  • Nov 17th 2019 Volunteering with “Hashtag Lunch Bag” to feed the homeless

  • Nov 26th 2019 Read Aloud with PS.140 promoting literacy

  • Collecting donations for the victims of Hurricane Dorian

  • Collecting Clothing and shoes of Sheltering Arms Teen Homeless Shelter

  • Collecting and distributing Coats and other Warm Items for the NYC Homeless population

  • Distributing Thanksgiving Baskets to those in need

  • Movember Charity Participation

  • Collecting and Distributing Toys for the Holidays to those in need