It’s been amazing to hear all of the wonderful things about so many people in our community who give so much of themselves. We’ve managed to narrow things down to two official winners and a two people who will be receiving some other packages on us. (It’s just so hard to choose!!! 
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Our official winners are the nominees of Bridget Kaiser and Brian Hiser. Both of these families sound like they are made of fantastic people and we can’t wait to meet them all!!!
Here’s a little bit of what Bridget and Brian had to say:
“Last year, I interviewed John and Cheryl for a paper in a sociology class and was totally blown away by how great their love is and how passionately they are in love. They have raised upstanding intelligent gentlemen and an incredibly giving daughter. I was in their house a couple of weeks ago and looking at the photos on the wall. In the last family photo, Olivia was about four years old. I know that they don’t have a lot of money with college tuition, paying church bills before their own, and feeding anyone that comes through their door, but they have the biggest hearts of anyone I know.”
“I have a friend that I work with who matches the criteria to a tee. He works with me at the bank so I know he doesn’t make alot of money and his girlfriend works part time as a waitress at Barlycorn’s and he has two small children and they really struggle just to make ends meet. In fact my boss gave him a coat last night at work because he doesn’t have one. He is an extremely nice person and I think he and his family would greatly enjoy this for the holidays.”
Thanks to everyone who nominated someone for this year’s Giving is Awesome! Our official Christmas post will be coming Christmas night!
For now, I’ll leave you with the image below from earlier this evening. I fell in love with it as soon as I took it. Emma’s look of pure wonder warms my heart…
Merry Christmas!
- Annie
