It’s the holiday season and you know what that means; Crazy shoppers, lots of traffic, holiday decor, and of course, giving to those in need. This year at Robot, we decided to give to children who won’t be receiving presents this holiday season by participating in The Salvation Army Angel Tree Program.
The Salvation Army Angel Tree Program provides assistance for needy children, as well as teens and senior citizens. The Salvation Army gives presents for the holidays, food vouchers, and family gifts as well. We thought this would be a great and easy way to help those who won’t be celebrating with gifts and abundant food. Plus, the Salvation Army was out to help out 55,000 children, teens, and seniors in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and we wanted to do our part.
We set up our white angel tree in our café, and after long hours of decorating and adding our finishing touches (including a Terminator Robot Head as our tree topper), we were ready to hang our angels on the tree. These angels ranged in ages from 6 months to 14 years, asking for anything from a church dress, to sneakers, to CD players, and skates. People picked off the angels from the tree, and went shopping for gifts. Once all the gifts were returned to me, I bagged them up and took them to the Salvation Army drop-off.
When I arrived at the drop-off, I was amazed to see the number of trucks lined up accepting bags of gifts. Some trucks were packed full, while others were quickly getting there. I was very impressed to see people giving so much to those in need. Here are the pictures of our angel tree with all the gifts before taken to be dropped off.
If you haven’t already noticed by the looks of our office, we (meaning Lizette and I) love to decorate. We thought for Christmas we should go all out on the new office. It started out with the angel tree, a few other small decorations, and some garland here and there. We decorated white garland with Christmas ornaments, bows, and other fun, glittery decor. Here’s what we ended up with.
Although it seemed like the office was decorated and ready to go for the holidays, we had one more great idea that turned into a much bigger project than anticipated. We began by taking the left over ornaments, and attaching them to fishing line and ornament hooks. Lizette started hanging the ornaments from the cable trays running throughout the office. 2 and a half days later, one hall was finished, and there were still two more to go.
We moved on to the next hallway, and then the last, and finally the whole office was finished. A total of 4 days and 500 ornaments later, we ended up with this. Enjoy!
