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Action Tips: Wrap Presents for Children With Disabilities

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Help out families who can't afford the holiday season

Everyone deserves presents over the holidays, regardless of his or her situation. Lend a helping hand this season and wrap presents for a good cause. Hey, if Kanye West can do it [2], so can you!

  • Find your organization. Get in touch with a group that works with families with disabilities and ask if they’d like some contributions (although the answer will most likely be yes, especially during this time of year).
  • Recruit your elves. See who would be willing to wrap a few presents for charity for a day or even a few hours. Your Do Something Club could host the event, or gather up enough of your classmates and make it a school wide volunteering event.
  • Scout out a venue. Make sure that your wrapping location has heavy traffic so you can get as many customers as possible. Your favorite mall or bookstore would be great places to work.
  • Deck out their gifts. In order to have a radiant-looking present, you’re going to need good supplies to do it with. Use seed paper wrap, banana fiber paper, old maps or newspapers to wrap up the gifts and eco-friendly yarn to tie it up. Make your presents look great while reducing your carbon footprint!
  • Determine your fee. Wrapping presents comes with a price. In exchange for getting his or her gifts wrapped, each customer could donate a new toy or book.
  • Wrap it up. If you don’t already know how to wrap a present, school yourself [3]before testing out your skills on strangers’ gifts. Once you get that locked and loaded, wrap away!
Time: 
One Day [4]
One Week [5]
Where: 
At Home [6]
At School [7]
In Your City [8]
In Your Neighborhood [9]
Issues: 
Discrimination [10]
Disability Rights [11]
Who: 
Alone [12]
Club [13]
Congregation [14]
Family [15]
School [16]
Sports Team [17]
With Your Friends [18]

Source URL: http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/action-tips-wrap-presents-children-disabilities

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[2] http://fitperez.com/2010-12-01-kanye-west-helps-charity-wrap-presents?relate=
[3] http://www.ehow.com/how_8019_wrap-gift.html
[4] http://www.dosomething.org/category/time/one-day
[5] http://www.dosomething.org/category/time/one-week
[6] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/at-home
[7] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/at-school
[8] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/in-your-city
[9] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/in-your-neighborhood
[10] http://www.dosomething.org/cause/discrimination
[11] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/disability-rights
[12] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/alone
[13] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/club
[14] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/church
[15] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/family
[16] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/school
[17] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/sports-team
[18] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/with-your-friends