Thanksgiving & holiday charitable gift ideas needed.
First off I hope everyone at DU has a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm thankful to communicate with a broad spectrum of people here. Please share what you're doing for Thanksgiving & what types of things you enjoy doing in terms of gift giving.
A couple of friends are cooking a beautiful meal. They're actively involved with a local charity called the Food Depot, that provides food to people in need. So I gave a good donation for them and will print the receipt along with a nice card. I know they care more about this than about yet another bottle of wine or whatever.
This holiday time I'm going to have a small party and want to require that people bring either: toys for children who need them and / or warm clothing like winter coats & good warm shoes & socks for people who need them. If anyone has ideas on how I might plan a party like this (as in, what organizations to contact where I can either drop off the contributions or have them come pick them all up at my home) it would be greatly appreciated!
Happy thanksgiving everyone. Let's give thanks for our community and let's also give generously if we can to those in need. 
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Thanks shenmue. I'm bookmarking some of the ones in my area.
