Tis’ the season to be jolly, and with being jolly comes being charitable. Always around the holiday season, people become obsessed with giving, giving, and giving some more.
Even our school, RHS, gets swept up into the snow storm that is helping the less fortunate.
Students wait all year long just for the great Silver Rush to begin! We come up with any and every way to raise money.
Camp outs, odd jobs, concerts and auctions all comprise just a few of our schools race to save the world.
It’s great. Its fabulous that people can come together and help each other out by trying so hard during the winter season.
But what about the rest of the year?
Students anticipate Silver Rush all year long so that they can help others and feel awesome.
Why can’t we help people all the time?
According to The Road Home’s website (www.theroadhome.org) the increase of people being sheltered this year was about 18%, thats about 5,300 people.
It’s great that The Road Home can shelter that many people. It’s amazing that they can even consider sheltering that many people. But we only ever think about how amazing it is during the holiday season.
What about the rest of the year?
Its true that during the winter, being without a home is more tragic than it would be during the summer.
It’s cold, and with all the holiday spirit it’s hard to be alone, or with a family that’s miserable.
The Road home receives 60% of donations from private idividuals and 40% from federal, state, county, and city funds.
According to the Utah Food Bank website (www.utahfoodbank.org), the Utah Food Bank offers specific “Holiday Tribute Cards” and sells “Hearty 8-Bean Soup” during the holiday season to get proceeds for.
It’s wonderful that people can find time during the year to open their hearts to others and donate time, money, and anything else they can to take care of someone else, but the next time you think of the giving, try to imagine it all year long, not just the snowy season.