It's Christmas! Day 8: Ringing a Bell for the Salvation Army

It’s Christmas! is a 25 day blog and vlog segment that I’ll be doing this December to bring you crafts, reviews, and ideas to make your Christmas season even more fun this year (especially, with this pandemic thing we’re all trying to navigate).

Hopefully, my family can inspire yours to not let this crazy year ruin the holiday season for you.

We wanted to give back this Christmas. And we have a couple different plans, but the one I want to talk about today is being a bell ringer for the Salvation Army. I always ask my son if he’s interested in doing this, but he usually says no. Well, this year I got him on board!

We went online at registertoring.com and looked for locations and times that would fit with our schedule to ring. They did implement a couple rules this year due to COVID-19 like wearing a mask, not providing the aprons and instead providing a badge, and asking that you step back 6 feet if someone is making a donation. When you sign up, you register for a 2-hour session. We wanted to pick a session that would be while it was light outside so that it wouldn’t be too cold.

We signed up to ring at a local grocery store for:
Tuesday, December 8th from 3pm to 5pm
Friday, December 18th from 3pm to 5pm

When we got there, our bells and badges were waiting for us along with a bag that had hand sanitizer, gloves, and masks. It did get a little chilly, so if you're planning to do this, bundle up. I'm so glad we were wearing gloves. We danced around to keep ourselves warm and hummed some Christmas songs to ourselves to keep us entertained. We're so excited to do it again next week!

If you get the chance, I highly recommend giving back as often as you are able.

And as always, from my family to yours, Merry Christmas!