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CHRIS Kids Wish List by Magisto

Name: CHRIS Kids Wish List by Magisto
Uploaded: 2013-03-07T16:51:07+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Jim Grady
Description: The video is a fundraising appeal for the CHRIS Kids group‑home program. Three speakers (A, B, and C) describe the organization’s wish list and urge…

7 Mar 2013 · 0 min

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The video is a fundraising appeal for the CHRIS Kids group‑home program. Three speakers (A, B, and C) describe the organization’s wish list and urge viewers to donate tangible items rather than just cash. Speaker A makes a light‑hearted remark about taking a Kodak photo in Times Square. Speakers B and C explain the day‑to‑day needs of the children: basic hygiene supplies (bandages, deodorant), a "dignity package" of personal care items, a van for transportation, and creative‑therapy tools such as crayons and colored pencils. They also highlight a seasonal gift drive, emphasizing the excitement of providing Christmas presents for the kids. Throughout, the tone is persuasive and compassionate, aiming to motivate the audience to contribute physical goods and support the children’s well‑being.

Be not working hard. Yeah, right. Picture that with a Kodak. Or better yet, go to Times Square, take a picture of me with a Kodak. Whenever you're ready.
You can take as long as you want.
Our kids and our families and all and everything on this list is something that someone— when one little kid at one of our group homes scrapes his knee, you put that bandage on. You provide the deodorant that keeps him full of hygiene.
And, um, how about the dignity package? You may take for granted every day day in your life. But when they come here, they don't have that, and we have to restore some of that wonderful things. I don't know what those are, but if there's some process you go through here, right, I'm guessing, um, hygiene, we need these items for this, we need these items, we have some wish list items that we need, like our van, and ranging up to colored pencils and crayons so the kids in therapy can really express themselves.
To provide that child with a gift that they truly me. And although we always accept cash, we want people to move with their feet and get really excited about it because at Christmas we're so excited!