Community Service: Jingle Bash
December 23rd, 2009
Every year for the last six I’ve flown to Los Angeles to help my cousin with an annual Christmas event for the kids in her non-profit organization, An Open Door.
So I kicked off my holidays by helping inner-city LA youth have a happier Christmas. Every year we give away thousands of toys to the kids of the organization and their families. Warms my heart every time. And it’s the only community service I do all year. (That needs to change. I should be doing more.)
My cousin Racquel donated her time as the face painter at the event. She hooked this kid up. He was so happy about it. He’s one of several boys that my cousin Makeda invites from an LA group home for boys.
To learn more about Jingle Bash and An Open Door, visit http://www.anopendoor-la.org
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