{"id":7474,"date":"2016-11-08T13:29:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T12:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/?p=7474"},"modified":"2016-11-08T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T12:29:33","slug":"light-up-the-life-of-one-child-for-one-special-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/2016\/11\/08\/light-up-the-life-of-one-child-for-one-special-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Light up the life of one child for one special day."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow\u2019s Spirit of Christmas aims to support children throughout our communities suffering from financial hardship, or living in poverty, by providing Shoebox Gifts or Christmas Gift Bags filled with presents and treats, to children who would not otherwise receive any gifts or very much this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Help us include every child at Christmas and give them a magical experience and cherished memories to last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Through Glasgow\u2019s Spirit of Christmas, Our Lady of the Missions has been paired with Renfrewshire Women\u2019s Aid to provide all the gifts they need for the children they support.<\/p>\n<p>A number of parents have already pledged their support but there are still plenty more children needing our help.\u00a0 I would like all the children to receive a gift package or shoe box containing a \u2018big\u2019 gift worth around \u00a310 &#8211; \u00a315 plus 4 or 5 smaller stocking type items: selection box, colouring book, ball, gloves, hat, toiletries for example.\u00a0 You can either donate a new item, from a sweet treat to a toy, or a whole package containing several items.\u00a0 All donations will be much appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to help:<br \/>\nChoose the age group and sex of the child you wish to help.<br \/>\nThese are the age groups we require gifts for.<\/p>\n<p>BOY<br \/>\nBaby<br \/>\nAge 1-2<br \/>\nAge 9-12<br \/>\nAge 13-15<br \/>\nAge 16+<\/p>\n<p>GIRL<br \/>\nBaby<br \/>\nAge 6-8<br \/>\nAge 13-15<br \/>\nAge 16+<\/p>\n<p>Contact Gail McGrane and let her know the age you are covering. \u00a0Call or text 07837 251 892 or email <a href=\"mailto:gailmcgrane@mail.com\">gailmcgrane@mail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drop off your donation to Gail at Our Lady of the Mission Main office.<br \/>\nFriday 11th Nov &#8211; 2.45 till 3.30<br \/>\nFriday 18th Nov &#8211; 2.45 till 3.30<br \/>\nFriday 2nd Dec &#8211; 2.45 till 3.30<br \/>\nor call Gail and she can either arrange a pick up or you can drop off at her house<\/p>\n<p>Please do not wrap the gifts.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow\u2019s Spirit of Christmas aims to support children throughout our communities suffering from financial hardship, or living in poverty, by providing Shoebox Gifts or Christmas Gift Bags filled with presents and treats, to children who would not otherwise receive any gifts or very much this Christmas. Help us include every child at Christmas and give &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/2016\/11\/08\/light-up-the-life-of-one-child-for-one-special-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Light up the life of one child for one special day.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1564,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[191],"class_list":["post-7474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-information","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7475,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7474\/revisions\/7475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}