Quote:
Originally Posted by notmytarga
A very successful program in my community is called Adopt-a-Family.
|
It's successful here too because my wife's boss FORCES her team to personally contribute money and off-duty time to this, her favorite charity. To add insult to injury, they are often illegal alien families with plenty of nice consumer gadgets in their houses with very bold (how do you turn "chutzpah" into an adjective) wish lists. My wife has been out as much as $500 in one season, "contributing" to this cause and she doesn't even get a receipt for the tax deduction. They'll never get a penny from me.
Anyway, I would consider paying off some random person's layaway IF I could ascertain they were a military family. Probably no way to do that at Wal-Mart and I can't get on base to try it at a PX.