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Retail Management Institute Newsletter -Winter '04
RSSA Annual Gift Giving Event
By Patricia Tran '04
Every year the Community Outreach Committee of the Retail Studies Student Association (RSSA) plans a Christmas Gift Giving event to help families in our community who are less fortunate. The gifts are generally educational and recreational toys, and are purchased by individual RSSA members and by the RSSA as a group. All gifts are brought to the event and members spend time together wrapping the gifts.
This year, with coordination from Santa Clara Community Action Program (SCCAP), we were able to donate toys to the Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (CHAM) of San Jose at First Christian Church. SCCAP is associated with CHAM through various volunteer works such as cooking for the families and tutoring the children.
We were given $300 from RSSA to shop for toys. Carin Posedel '04, Melissa Kline '04, Stella Palileo '04, Erica Paul '05, and I went toy shopping at the Wal-Mart in Milpitas, where we received a 10 percent discount off purchases from the store manager. Blair Thedinger from SCCAP provided us with a list of 22 children ranging from ages one to 14 years and we were able to buy all of them enjoyable, enlightening toys. On the day of the event, the RSSA students came together to enjoy food while wrapping all the gifts purchased at Wal-Mart plus the gifts individuals brought to the event. Toys filled up two long tables and the group wrapped everything in 30 minutes!
The event is considered yet another of the year's successes. I want to thank everyone who supported the Christmas Gift Giving event this year. Without the support from all of those involved, this could not have been as successful. The parents of these children were very excited about the toys, and extremely grateful for our contribution to them. Your time and dedication are much appreciated. |
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