I wanted to stop by and say thank you to the Holiday Helper that sent bath towels to my husband from amazon. I dont know your name becuase i didnt see a packing slip. I am going to wrap these up for him and i cant wait for him to open them on christmas morning. Thank you so much.
and once again to all the holiday helpers that have helped us and other familys this year and to all the facilitators thank you so so much.
FIN#9
Thank Yous from FIN #6
To the mama who sent us the hot stone massage kits and earings: Thank you for these! I requested them as gifts I can give my family members, since I don't have any money to have bought them anything. The massage kit is going to my parents, and I know they will love it, and the earings are going to my sister who has been staying with us to help out with childcare while we're in school. I'm so glad I'll have something to give them to let them know I love them and appreciate them so much! THANK YOU!
To Liz: Thank you for the snow boots for my DS1! We just got a big snow storm and now I don't have to worry about him playing outside and getting too cold and wet! These are going to be very used! THANK YOU!!!
To the mama who sent Robeez shoes: All my boys wanted these when I opened them.. They are a little bigger than I thought they would be, so too big at the moment for my baby, but he'll grow into them. My 3yo insisted on wearing them around though, lol, so I know they'll be well-loved and well-used!
I hope I remembered everyone! THANK YOU to EVERYONE who has helped with this amazing project! You are all so wonderful, and I am so blessed to be a part of this community! Our family has faced a lot of set backs these last few months, and I am truly blessed that I know my children are going to have an amazing Christmas this year!
Love, FIN#6
From FIN # 16
Thank you to the Holiday Helper from NY for the walkie talkies (and extra gift!) I know my ds will love them! Also, thanks for thinking to include the batteries! Your kindness warms my heart. 
Peace and Blessings to your family.
from FIN#1
to the mama who sent me the shoes- i looked at your pictures, so i know theyre cute, but i left them wrapped until christmas. thank you!
to the helper in canada who sent us the beautifully wrapped box- thank you, i put it under the tree, and i cant wait to open it on christmas
thanks again to all the helpers who are blessing my family and the others this year
From FIN #24:
We just got home to see a PILE of boxes waiting outside our door. Wow I am just speechless. I want to laugh & cry all at once, I cannot believe the generosity that has been shown to us. We've had a rough couple of years with only worse ahead (financially, at least) for the foreseeable future and this is like a shining light in the midst of our struggles & despair.
To Ashley, who sent me shirts, a nighty, and a sweatshirt... they fit perfectly, as if by magic. I'm so happy to have something new-to-me to wear & I've already gotten a lot of use out of them!!
To the anonymous helper who sent the package of gloves for me & the coffee for DH... this is wonderful, I get so, so cold in winter, I'm so happy to be able to go out & play with DS more comfortably! And DH will be super excited to find coffee under the tree, it will be a real treat for him!
To Annie... Wow, where to start... my DS is absolutely going to LOVE everything you sent!! The music stuff, the K'nex, the CD's... and that sing-along CD player especially, I can't wait to give it to him. He spends hours & hours & hours singing every day and he is just going to go crazy over it!!
I am so blown away and grateful to everyone, all those who have generously sent us gifts as well as the HH coordinators who I've noticed working tirelessly day after day to make sure all the FIN's get their needs met. I've never been on the receiving end of something like this and it is incredibly humbling and a huge blessing. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas & holiday season and you will all be in my thoughts and prayers.
Thank you. 
We came home the other day to another package on porch. Inside I found a pair of beautiful snowboots for my middle daughter. these are going to keep her feet warm and dry this winter. also inside was a beautiful holiday card that made me smile. and at the bottom of the box I found 2 more work books for her and a bunch a lollipops for them I will be putting the lollipops in their stockings. thank you so so much for blessing our family.
Also i wanted to let the family that sent us the walmart gift card We went walmart last nite and got my son a pair of Cars Snowboots and a pair of Cars Sneakers. thank you so so much he will be excited to see new sneakers and snow boots under the tree on xmas morning.
to all the holiday helpers that have blessed my family and other fin's thank you so much and especially to the facilitators and orgnanizers who make this program possibly. god bless you all.
FIN#9
Our power is flickering on and off like crazy, its a huge wild storm coming in so FIN 10 wants to hurry up and send a huge THANK YOU to the Erin family (our Amazon.com angels!!!!), the Goodebartsch (thank you, thank you!) family, the Hildebrandt family from overseas (for the wonderful sippy cup and other sweet surprises!). Also to an anonymous "Holiday Helper"--thank you! Your generousity is astounding and beautiful and so heartening--you have made Christmas real in every sense in our home---all of our love to you....
Just wanted to pop back in here for two more thank yous!
Bethany -- Thank you so much for the items for my DH! I am especially looking forward to giving him the brown jacket, it will be an unexpected & much-appreciated surprise!! Love the snowman card too lol, cracked us up.
Kristina -- I just received your package today, thank you!! Another gift under the tree for DH, yay! And DH was feeling badly that I had no surprises to open myself so he is really happy something came for me all wrapped so I will be surprised tomorrow morning. :) Thank you so much, looking forward to opening them!
Merry Christmas everyone. I feel so much love & hope from our HH's. Thank you a million times over.
Love,
FIN #24
Thank Yous from FIN #6
Dear Cox Family: Thank you for the box of clothes for my DS! They are all so cute, I know he'll look so handsome in everything that you sent!
Dear Amanda: Thank you for the snow boots for DS!! Today was a HUGE snowstorm, and the mailman brought them just in time for him to go outside and play! I let him have them a day early because of the snow 
THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL! I HOPE YOU HAVE MERRY CHRISTMASES AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I am so grateful for each one of you who have made our holiday special (and every other FIN this year's holiday special too)!
Thank yous from #13.
Thank you to the family who sent my 17 year old an Amazon gift card for music. He's gonna be estatic tomorrow morning.
Thank you to the family who sent my boyfriend and our 8 year old and our 5 year old those three wrapped gifts. I can't wait to see them open them!
Thank you to the family who sent me a wrapped gift- feels like books?
Thank you to the family who sent my 12 year old two CDs of her favorite boy band and the movie she's been asking for.
Thank you to the family who sent my 5 year old the pink, white and black dress. She'll likely sleep in it tomorrow night. lol
Thank you to the family who sent Pull-Ups for my 8 year old and diapers for my 1 year old. Those things are so expensive, it's nice to not have to spend so much on them this month, a big help to our family.
update from FIN#1
after opening presents this morning, i figured i should come and update my thank yous
to the sherman family- i didnt realize until i was wrapping presents that so much of what was sent to us was from your family. you guys are angels (and not just to us, ive seen your name in other posts :) ) ds loves the jammies- hed seen the bear brushing teeth ones somewhere before, and wanted them, so i used them for his christmas jammies that he opened last night, and he was thrilled. he likes the dinosaur ones too, and will be wearing them tonight. i LOVE the clothes that you sent me. they are so pretty and soft. i wore one of the sweaters today, and i cant wait to wear the skirt to church. on that note, ds is loving his church shoes as well. the gifts you sent for him were santa gifts, and they were way cool. that serpent thing crawls when you push the button. it was tormenting his pirates all day. it freaks the dog out too :)
to the family that sent the game- Operation was a huge hit. its changed since i was a kid, but ds loved playing it, and is actually asking to play it again right now. thanks!
to the helper who sent my mom the jeans- they got here yesterday, and look great. thanks!
to the family in canada who sent us the box of gifts- wow, thank you so much! the clothes for my mom were so pretty! ds loves the books, and put the candy canes right on the tree. the gingerbread house kit is awesome. he wanted one, but we werent able to get one. the set of hair stuff for me is just what i was needing, im wearing a headband right now, and i cant wait to use the spa stuff. and if there is anything else i cant remember, thank you for that too :) it seems like we just kept pulling presents out of the box.
to the helper who sent my mom the books- she is in heaven, shes been snuggled up with a book all day!
and to the helper who sent her the coat, she loves it. it'll keep her so warm this winter. thanks!
to the mama who sent me the shoes- theyre so sparkly, thank you!
to all the families who helped us, and who are helping others- thank you so much, and God bless you. i was feeling kind of blue, because as the only worker in our family, i dont usually get much- my mom can usually come up with a little something (thank you swagbucks, lol) and i give her $ to let ds buy me something, and while the love behind it is what matters, well, he is 5 after all, lol... anyway, i think ive opened more gifts today than i have in years. you gave our family a wonderful holiday. i dont have the words to say how much it means to me. all i can do is promise to pass on the love when i'm able to. i want to someday be able to go down the HH list and buy something for every family on there.
Merry Christmas :)
From FIN #16
Thank you from the holiday helper who sent the Merrell shoes from Zappos! You are so kind and generous! My ds was so happy when he opened the shoes!
Bless you!
Posting thank yous from FIN #5 
To the holiday helper that sent our family the Wal-Mart gift card. Your giftcard helped so much . Thank you and bless you!
Thank you from FIN 10 to Catherine Fenoglio for the Fridgits toy, it is a huge hit! Also to the nice mama who sent the reindeer hat and mittens set--so cozy!!! Hope you all had a beautiful holiday. We sure did, thanks to so many of you...
Posted for FIN #9
To the family in New York we recieved your package on Christmas Eve. When I opened the package and seen the cross necklace the workbooks purses earrings shirt and pants hairbows etc for my children I started crying. Then I opened the envelope with christmas card inside and the gift cards I started bawling my eyes out. I cried tears of joy for about 5 minutes. Thank you so so much we are forever grateful and on christmas morning my daughters immediately put earrings in and my oldest was jumping for joy when she seen the cross necklace she has been asking for one for over a year. She has been wearing it since christmas morning. My middle daughter was so excited for more workbooks and i cant wait to go and pick out a toaster oven and can opener and we used the gc to applebees tonite for a date nite sometjing we havent been able to do since moving in with inlaws. and my husband I are both in shock with the generosity of all the families that blessed us this christmas. You all made my childrens christmas amazing. Thank you all
love
Fin 9
Posted for FIN #2
FIN #2
To all the helpers who sent things to my family THANK YOU.
The package from amazon was amazing. The video game and art supplies are much loved by DS. The person who sent the sci fi books thank you.
We also received a bath and body works gift card - thank you so much. I cant wait to go shopping.
DS also received a box from Zappos with brand new crocs. Bright Green Crocs!
I think I've covered everyone who helped make the holiday season excellent for my son. I've shed many tears when the boxes arrived. Happy New Year!
From FIN 11
Thank you so much to the holiday helper in IN who sent a long, black-sleeved t for my husband. It fits perfectly and is just a nice, comfortable t-shirt, which is exactly what he needed!
Thanks so much..it is so appreciated!
And, thank to EVERYONE who participated in Holiday Helper! You made everything so special!
FIN #22
We wanted to take the time to say thank you to so many of you who helped make our Christmas one to remember.... To the mama who sent the Under the Nile warm woolen sleepers, and new sleepers for our twins, thank you so much! Dh threw out all the boxes so I have no clue who sent them!
To the mama that sent the crayons, coloring books, and books, thank you so much. DS is an avid comic maker and we go through paper like crazy!
To the mama who sent the box of baby clothes, thank you so much. These will be such a help once they arrive!
To the mama who sent the box of craft supplies... thank you for inspiring my children to create :)
Thank you all so much! You have made our Christmas a blessed one.
Oh no! I thought I had posted this a good while ago but the "Wrapping it Up" thread made me want to look at this forum one more time, and looks like I flubbed it on the first try beacuse not there. Sorry if I left my sweet helpers hanging! Anyways, this is FIN#10 and I need to send a big thank you to the family who sent the box with the recycling truck and puzzle, and also to the family who sent us the little DC shoes, snow boots, and ladies shoes. Everything arrived perfect and much appreciated by all! Although, I must share a little funny, when I requested the ladies shoes on the IHA thread I somehow missed that they would be elegant sky high heels, which would be super comical on me as I feed goats out here on the side of a mountain in the boonies. BUT, happy ending, I regifted them to a friend's daughter (super low income family, so meant a lot) who can wear them to sizzle her way through a high school valentine dance--whoo hoo! Thank you to these 2 families and all of our helpers and the fearless organizers and volunteers--it was a beautiful christmas and we are facing the new year bolstered by your kindness.
From FIN #11
THANK YOU so much to Tracy who sent us the Target gift card. It was such a wonderful, wonderful surprise to get in the mail today. I almost ended up throwing it away..thinking it was just another piece of junk mail when the gift card fell out. I had to piece together the pieces of paper to see the gift message. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! This is such a blessing and will be so much appreciated!!!
From FIN #11
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