I’m excited to report that the new Amazon Mansion Aides Christmas Wish List is up, there are 14 items posted, the list includes gifts the children and family members of the Mansion aides have requested for Christmas.
The aides themselves submitted the items on the list.
As many of you know, these aides work in difficult circumstances for little money, they could use some help in giving their loved ones the presents they want.
Over the past couple of years, I’ve come to understand that the aides very often struggle to make ends meet, and it is a great gift and pleasure to support them and help them have a special Christmas.
As a rule, they make less money than fast food franchise workers.
I wish I could do more, but this is a great mission for the Army Of Good, it’s right in our wheelhouse, just like the Bishop Maginn Christmas List, which sold out very quickly. We are also supporting the new Mansion Break Room, where the aides can finally go on break for lunch or dinner.
The 14 items on the list range in price from $4.99 to $54.95 and I hope we can get the aides everything they need for their families to have the Christmas they deserve. Our support means they might also purchase a gift for a spouse or parent or needy relative.
They usually spent their own money to buy presents for the residents, especially those with no families nearby.
I have never witnessed so much love and dedication as these people show every day. They make an enormous difference in the lives of the elderly people they care for. It’s hard and draining work. Like the teachers at Bishop Maginn High School, I consider it an honor to recognize them.
I have also distributed 19 $50 gift certificates to the Mansion for the aides, and those, along with the presents on the wish list, will have an enormous impact on their Christmas.
The items include A Frozen sticker book, a Disney Frozen Me Reader Electronic Reader and library; a $50 Mastercard Gift Card, a Puzzled Resin Seashell with Blue Lighthouse, a $25 Amazon Gift Card, an L.OL., Surprise Furniture Cozy Coupe, an 11 inch Soft Body Doll for $12.99, a Monster Jam Official Grave Digger Remote Control Monster Truck for $14.99, a $25 Xbox Gift Card for $25, and a Toy Story Fisher-price Imaginext 4 Buzz Lightyear Robot.
If you need the correct shipping address for Amazon, it’s The Mansion, 11 S. Union Avenue, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816. If you need it, the telephone number is 518 677 3711.
The items will be sent there and distributed to the aides. I appreciate the Amazon Wish Lists, which are revolutionizing non-profit-donations. I’ve now introduced the idea to three different institutions, and they have all been successful everyone.
The wish lists shift the power to the donors, not bureaucrats. You get to choose what you want to buy and spend, and there are no middlemen or administrators to pay.
This, for me, is what Christmas means, giving, not getting. I smile when I think of these kids getting the presents they want.
I know the aides are reluctant to ask for any kind of help, this is a big step for them.
I thank you so much for helping, I know there is great interest in this list out there. It makes me feel so hopeful for our country that there are so many good people waiting to help people in need.
You can see the Aides Amazon Christmas Wish List here.