by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham
This past weekend I attended Austin’s 29th Annual Children Giving to Children Parade – a collaborative event with the Operation Blue Santa Program.
Their goal? To collect toys for the children whose parents can’t afford to buy them.
Since 1987, the concept of a parade grew. This weekend, thousands of spectators arrived to view the giant balloons, holiday floats, mariachi bands, jugglers and more.
Spastically spaced were the “Toy’ pickup trucks. When they stopped along the parade route, children plunked new toys into the cab bringing “a smile to the child who gives and to the child who otherwise might not see anything under the tree Christmas Morning.”
To date, they have raised hundreds of thousands of toys for the children of Central Texas.
When the world seems like a tough place, a parade of joy and giving can lift a spirit. It did mine …
(and my granddaughter’s!)
That’s so Cool….
We expect our country /state to organise something like that for us too😅😇
I hope they do!
Thanks for sharing such wonderful details and nice pictures
My pleasure
Excellent share! Thank you.
Thank you very much, Carolyn. Wonderful as usual. My daughter is asking me to take her there now! I mean what a wonderful place/heaven for kids. Thank you for sharing
My pleasure!