There are so many organizations within a community that are invaluable! Anything from the schools, to the police and fire departments, to the hospitals and clinics. Do you remember to thank them for their service? I tend to forget so this week we gave the Gift of Chocolate to a local 24 hour Emergency Room/Urgent Care. I know a couple of people who work there and they deserve some chocolate!
I went shopping at Walmart with my daughter Vanessa to gather the supplies and chocolate! You can check out our shopping trip here. We purchased Snickers Minis, 3Musketeers Minis, Twix Minis, Milky Way Minis, Snickers Fun Size, Snicker Almond Fun Size, Snickers Peanut Butter Fun Size, Pretzel M&M’s, Peanut M&M’s, Milk Chocolate M&M’s, Peanut Butter M&M’s and Dove Peanut Butter Milk Chocolates.
We had 12 jars to fill and we had 12 varieties of candy. I washed the jars and my kids helped me fill them!
Using scrapbooking paper with fall leaves in 3 colors, I traced the lids and cut out the circles. I attached the paper circles to the lid with glue spots. Then, I attached the lid to the band with a hot glue gun.
I bent the handles on 4 spoons I purchased. We put the spoons into the jars with the M&M’s to be used as scoops.
Then, we added the lids to the jars.
We’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to give to others a couple of other times recently by donating school supplies to someone in the community and by donating supplies to a teacher! It is something that I enjoy involving my kids in.
I grabbed the Gift of Chocolate Tray and headed to the 24 Hour Emergency Room/Urgent Care with my kids and my niece, to deliver. As is to be expected, the staff at the ER was busy but their eyes lit up at the site of the chocolate! I heard:
“Oh my!”
“That’s for us?”
“Wow! Look at that!”
“It’s like Happy Halloween!”
“We don’t know who you are but since you come bearing gifts so come on back!”
and of course “Thank you!”
They led me to the woman I know, who showed me to the break room. We put the Gift of Chocolate Tray on the counter in the empty break room along with a thank you card for the staff. So, when they do get the opportunity to take a break they will get to enjoy some chocolate at the same time and know that they are appreciated!
Have you ever had the opportunity to do this sort of thing? I would love to hear about your experience!
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Kathy says
What a great place to suprise with such a beautiful treat! So deserving.
Kimberly @ The Brown Eyes Have It says
That is a really great idea and I’m sue greatly appreciated. I want to do this, too.
Hope Sewell says
Too Sweet!! Love this idea!
sstone says
What a fantastic idea! Such a sweet thought, and so good for your kids also.:)
Shiloh
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Charis's Mum says
As one who works in health care, I want to say, “Thank you.” Unfortunately, many people do not remember nurses unless they had a recent bout in the hospital.
And, I love the spoon idea.
Rebecca E. Parsons/Cre8Tiva says
very clever of you. I love the spoon scoops!!! thank you for rocking this one!!! XOXOX
Beth Larrabee says
These are just gorgeous!!! Great job!
Crafting Rebellion says
What a beautiful, thoughtful idea!
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Mommy Hates Cooking says
Very creative and cute idea!
June@I will craft says
Great idea to show others how much you appreciate their hard work.
sherri lynn says
This is an amazing idea!! I’m sure they all appreciated it so much! I love that you even thought of putting a bent spoon in with the M&Ms. So thoughtful! And what a fun way for you to get involved in the community with your kids!
crearescout says
This was a very sweet thing to do, we should all do the same 🙂
Cecilia
NIXNAX says
What a beautiful random act of kindness, here’s hoping it comes back to you and your family. Just lovely!
Lindsay says
This is such a great idea! And letting your kids get involved is the best idea. Such a beautiful way to help others. You rock, my friend!
mzzterry says
this is a great idea & i love your photos. i had a thought while reading this & just wanted to share my (cheap) idea….next Tuesday, the day AFTER halloween the stores will put their candy on sale, a person could really rack up on the candy for these and save some money, with the extra $ in your pocket you could afford to make a larger number of these and gift even more folks 🙂
JKMommy says
Definitely adorable and a great way to share the candy love!! So pretty and I am sure they were delighted …I’m glad you got to hear them saying so many great things! 🙂
Lindsay @ Delighted Momma says
Aww this is so thoughtful and sweet! I am sure you made their day!
Bethany @ A Fish Who Likes Flowers says
that is so sweet!!! It’s nice to do things for people who do nice things for others. And a great lesson for your kiddos! Good karma points to you all!
Art By ASM says
PS: What a nice idea for the Emergency Department. My brother is the Head of the Emergency Dept. at a local hospital! Although he is in Iraq this past year, I know if I walked in his work with jars like these they would go crazy! They all work so hard and have to deal with so much stress and heartache sometimes. Emergency rooms are crazy so any little things would make them happy! I was just in the hospital that I normally am not fond of but I met the nicest doctor and the nicest nurse who was there for me. I have a cervical spine injury. So I am thinking I would like to bring in something for the doctor and nurse to say thank you when I needed them. They really cared for me and knocked out the pain for me, thank goodness! Thank you again for the idea!
Art By ASM says
Those jars are simple yet adorable and eye appealing! I have to buy canning jars, they are so rustic and I think everyone should have them on hand! I think this would make a great treat to my daughter’s teachers for Halloween. She still gifts her previous teachers and this would also be great for the principle and the ladies in the office since they could all share! Thank you for the idea! Making my mommy days a lot easier! HUGS!!!!
HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN DEAR!
Annamaria
Amy @ As The Bunny Hops says
Very, very cool! I’m sure everyone is going to love their treats!