Dear Family and Friends,
Can you believe that the holiday season is already underway? Next week is Thanksgiving and in the blink of an eye it will be Christmas. It’s almost impossible for me to come to terms with that fact! Our family is very excited to celebrate Christmas this year with our newest addition. We were so blessed when in July, Josh and Kristen welcomed our sweet Laila Lee. She’s so adorable and we just love her so much. What joy she has brought us in such a short amount of time.
With Christmas comes our annual delivery of Christy’s Stocking to the patients at Kentucky Childrens Hospital. It’s so hard to believe that this will be our fourth year of sharing God’s hope and love with needy patients and their families. Many of these families will spend the holiday sitting in a hospital room with their children. Please join us as we spread the overflow from Christy’s Stocking with needy families at Childrens Hospital. Your tax deductable donations help provide - gas to parents who need to travel to and from their homes, food, Christmas gifts that they may not otherwise receive and most importantly, a feeling of being loved.
As in past years, we are seeking gift cards from restaurants (fast food or sit-down), gas stations, Walmart, Kmart, Target, Kroger, Meijer, etc. Also children’s books and appropriate DVD’s for children. Please remember when making your selections that the hospital has children of all ages, from infants to teenagers.
Many of you have asked about filling in the “To” & “From” information on the gift cards. If you wish to do this we have always written on each card – “To: Someone Very Special” - “From: Christy’s Stocking”. We try to be sensitive and stay away from “In Memory Of” since many of the families who benefit from your donations have a child with a terminal illness.
In an effort to make things as easy as possible for the accounting staff at Childrens Hospital would you please include with your gift - your name, complete mailing address and the value of your donation so that the hospital can mail you a receipt, which you can use for income tax purposes. Please note that your donation conformation letter will be addressed to you from The University of Kentucky.
Donations can be mailed to:
Christy’s Stocking
c/o Wells Household
104 Millhouse Drive
Nicholasville KY 40356
Please feel free to drop off your donation, or call and one of us will gladly pick it up from you. We will be delivering Christy’s Stocking to Childrens Hospital on December 19th, so we would appreciate receipt of your donation before that date.
Once again we can’t thank you enough for joining us on this journey of honoring Christy. Your willingness to be a part of our effort is a tremendous blessing to each of us! Thank you for helping us honor the life that Christy lived so beautifully. Her love of children, especially those hurting, can continue through your efforts.
Merry Christmas,
Chris, Julie & Kyle
Josh, Kristen & Laila
