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[quote=Anonymous]Take your 3yo to the grocery store.  Explain that some mommies and daddies don’t have enough money to get enough food for their kids.  You need a kid’s help to pick out the food to take to the people who will get it to kids.  Help them go through starch, protein, vegetable and fruit.  It’s helping them learn about nutrition while teaching them to help others.

Take them to Walmart and have them carry packages of socks and underwear for kids their age.  Explain that some mommies and daddies need help getting clothes for their kids, and most people donate shirts and pants.

Talk to an animal rescue about fostering weaned kittens or puppies, maybe 1-2 young adult dog/cat, but only if you actually have time to teach your child how/when to interact with an animal.

Get a set of grabbers to pick up trash.  Your 3yo will be fascinated by the button/lever in the handle, and if they put the trash in the bag that you hold, there’s no danger of needle sticks.

Get gloves and cord with your 3yo.  Attach the gloves to the cord, then either tie in areas where people who congregate may need them, or take them to your local ES (where kids are always losing at least one!).

Have your child make pictures for kids, elderly, military, first responders, hospital personnel who can’t be at home this Christmas.  Pictures for military overseas should be mailed ASAP, the rest could wait til next week or even Christmas Day for anyone working in a hospital or as a first responder.

Take your child thrift shopping for bedding, towels, etc.  Find a domestic abuse shelter or homeless shelter who would be happy to have them.  Do NOT take your child along for delivery.

Take your child shopping for toiletries for kids.  Explain that some mommies and daddies get help getting food, but they don’t get help with toothpaste and shampoo.  Have them pick out things for kids and take them to a food bank.

Have your child pick out backpacks and/or small suitcases at thrift stores.  Donate them to foster kids, who otherwise move their things in black plastic bags.  Some foster kids get very upset when their things are put into garbage bags.

Purge your old blankets and towels.  Donate them to a rescue or animal shelter.

Look for clearance pet food and donate it to rescues (3yo have a blast looking for red/orange tags!).  Sometimes you can find 2-4 cases of a single flavor of wet food when it was being discontinued.  Big bags with tiny tears work well for large kennels.  If you have enough you can’t transport, you can sometimes arrange for the rescue to pick up from the pet store the following day.[/quote]

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