by Amanda J.
Member since:
June 21, 2007

The Easter Baskets

March 22, 2008 12:30 PM EDT
views: 104 | rating: 10/10 (53 votes) | comments: 48

One of the girls I tutor lives in a 2 bedroom trailer with about 20 other people  There are 7 kids there along with the adults.  They have had a rough time lately, so I asked some of the ladies at work to help with making baskets for all the kids.  I ended up making 3 and 2 other ladies are making 2 each.  I will go deliver them later.  One of the ladies is supposed to call me when she gets all the stuff ready for her baskets.  The baskets are completely filled with toys, clothes, books, and school supplies!  These are the baskets I made.

For the 2 year old girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the kindergarten girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the fifth grade boy

 
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Comments: 48

Melinda ~choosing happiness~ S. Mar 22, 2008, 12:36pm EDT
Oh- I'll bet they will be so excited!
Kristen C. Mar 22, 2008, 12:36pm EDT
That's extremely generous of you and I'm sure they will appreciate it!
Vivian P. Mar 22, 2008, 12:44pm EDT
aww so sweet
Bless you all !!!
Sarah Honenberger Mar 22, 2008, 12:44pm EDT
Holidays are such good occasions for this kind of thoughtfulness. Such a good idea.
Genenette R. Mar 22, 2008, 12:46pm EDT
That is very nice of you. I am sure that the kids will be very very happy to get them. I wish you and your friends the very best. Happy Easter!
Michelle M. Mar 22, 2008, 12:47pm EDT
A 10 for you...
Michelle M. Mar 22, 2008, 12:47pm EDT
How generous!
BB Jean Mar 22, 2008, 12:49pm EDT
Awesome!! It's so great to see people do things like this! I bet the kids will love them and the adults will appreciate the time, effort and money you guys put into them, not to mention the caring! ;-)
Eclectic Bird Mar 22, 2008, 12:51pm EDT
This is ver sweet of you. I'd love to hear about the reactions the children have :) Hoppy Easter!
Cheryl W. Mar 22, 2008, 12:55pm EDT
What a sweet and loving gesture. I know the kids will be so excited!
Paidra Delayno Mar 22, 2008, 12:56pm EDT
such a beautiful selfless act deserves at least a 15, but alas, we'll have to settle for a 10.
Andrea "slackermom" R. Mar 22, 2008, 12:56pm EDT
It warmed my heart to read this article. So many people only think of doing things like this at Christmas.
Darrell Y. Mar 22, 2008, 12:57pm EDT
That is very kind and thoughtful of you! Happy Easter!
Lin G. Mar 22, 2008, 1:18pm EDT
What a nice lady you are! This will certainly make the holiday a bit brighter for the little ones. Applaause to you.
Lisa J Mar 22, 2008, 1:31pm EDT
What a wonderful thought! I'm sure they will appreciate it.
Phyllis R. Mar 22, 2008, 1:32pm EDT
Oh Amanda, these baskets are so beautiful and God Bless you for making these kids' dreams come true...........this is thoughtful!!!!
Billie H. Mar 22, 2008, 1:59pm EDT
Oh what a heart of gold,I hope you are blessed this Easter.
Tina W. Mar 22, 2008, 2:51pm EDT
That was very nice of you they will enjoy.
Beth - Doing God's work Daily J. Mar 22, 2008, 3:40pm EDT
Those are neat..thanks for sharing your Easter with them.
Darlene M. Mar 22, 2008, 3:52pm EDT
I bet the kids will be so excited. I love doing things like this myself. These are great baskets.
Fern Cohen Mar 22, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
I bet it does your heart good! I felt good just reading about it! They must be so crowded in that trailer!!!
Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. Mar 22, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
What a wonderful, generous and kind person you are, Amanda!! I'm proud to be one of your connections here on Gather... Happy Easter, hun...
Lori Cee (rest in peace, jJack.) Mar 22, 2008, 4:11pm EDT
thats a wonderful and caring gesture, amanda! the baskets look great. many blessings to you!
Patty L. Mar 22, 2008, 5:47pm EDT
Well, I don't know if you'll read this far down--but I am the one who rated you a "10"!!
You go! The saying," it is better to give than receive" surely appliies!
lena lemieux Mar 22, 2008, 5:53pm EDT
the children will be so happy.so kind of you.
Rhetta A. Mar 22, 2008, 5:59pm EDT
What a wonderful thing to do! Some extra chocolate bunnies for the adults would be a lovely touch, too.
Tricia C. Mar 22, 2008, 7:26pm EDT
you are so awesome.. those kids will remember this for a long time and be very appreciative of what you have done.
Karolyn Q. Mar 22, 2008, 7:40pm EDT
That was wonderful of you!
Sandy (back in Ohio...blah!) Mar 22, 2008, 9:04pm EDT
Oh what a sweet thing you are doing!!!
Leigh M. Mar 22, 2008, 10:06pm EDT
that's a great thing to do. I was send an invatation for help at my church at Christmas. This is the first year I could tell them to pass it onto another family cuz I was doing ok. It's a great feeling to help others.
Karen B. Mar 22, 2008, 11:08pm EDT
o so nice of you to do this
Jeana Hamilton Mar 22, 2008, 11:13pm EDT
that is sooo generous of you! thank you for submitting to my photo essay group!
Kathryn W. Mar 23, 2008, 2:28am EDT
nice
JoAnne D. Mar 23, 2008, 8:23am EDT
Lovely baskets and
Thanks for the views,
Happy Easter greetings
from me to you.
Pepsie J. Mar 23, 2008, 11:46am EDT
That is very kind.
Nancy S. Mar 23, 2008, 5:44pm EDT
That was wonderful. People do that for Christmas but don't think about the other hiolidays.
donna h. Mar 23, 2008, 6:51pm EDT
Those were really nice
Victoria H. Mar 23, 2008, 7:20pm EDT
Thanks for posting to All Photo Essays Here.

Very cute baskets!!
Denise E. Mar 23, 2008, 9:35pm EDT
Wonderful! Love that you did this! I had some sweet ladies in my church do this for us when we were little. It really made our day to know that someone cared about us. Thank you for doing this.
Renee (Pres of Baby James Foundation) ~. Mar 25, 2008, 8:26pm EDT
That is so sweet of you guys.
Melissa L. Mar 26, 2008, 1:27am EDT
How thoughtful of you
carolyn b. Mar 26, 2008, 4:35pm EDT
They will love it.
Tory H. Mar 26, 2008, 5:16pm EDT
That's so nice of you. :)
Tiffany G. Mar 26, 2008, 9:39pm EDT
Thats awesome of you to do that!!! What a great idea too! We make our own baskets also..
Sarah (I want points) Mar 27, 2008, 2:20pm EDT
That is so great of you! Those look like really great baskets :)
Lynda F. Mar 31, 2009, 7:22pm EDT
awesome
Karen W. Apr 12, 2009, 1:14am EDT
What a wonderful thing to do!
They look great too!
Karen~
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