This December Student Veterans Alliance is working with the Marine Corps. with a Toys for Tots drive.
Odds are you’ve seen the bins around campus at the following locations: Admissions Office, Records & Advising, Financial Aid, Student Affairs, the Robert and Mary Rita Murphy Stump Library, Campus Life, Shannon Athletic Center, Graham School of Management, Warde Information Desk, and Gilhooley’s Grande Saloon.
Christmas is the season of giving. Here at The Xavierite, we welcome all who can to open their hearts (and wallets) to give to those less fortunate children who benefit from the Toys for Tots organizations all around the country.
What better feeling is there than to know that you have made a children’s Christmas better? For us on The Xavierite staff, giving is the best gift that you can give yourself.
But aside from giving to feel the warm embrace that making a difference can give, giving to Toys for Tots this Christmas is making an investment in America’s future.
According to the charity’s website the objective of Toys for Tots is thus: “The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.”
We at The Xavierite understand that many in the community are involved with charities throughout this time and we recognize and acknowledge those who try to make the holidays a little brighter for those who can’t do so themselves.
But, it’s moments like this where we must turn the light of interrogation onto ourselves and ask why this charitable spirit is only brought to the forefront during the holidays.
People are in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, not just from the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Perhaps we should not consider the holiday season as one of isolated giving.
Rather, we should perhaps look at it through a lens of what could be for the entire year.
The spirit of Christmas and Thanksgiving exuded through charitable acts are not to be taken as once-a-year assignments to be fulfilled.
It is the model of decency and compassion that we as a community of human beings on this great planet called Earth should embrace and exhibit throughout all of the years to come.
With that, we leave you for the year. Enjoy your holiday. Remember to keep yourself happy, healthy and safe.
Enjoy your holiday break. We know that we will.
The Xavierite Staff