First would like to thank everyone for all their support and contributions by way of money,ideas and help.The last couple of weeks have been great and exciting for us,a week back we met up and planned on what we needed to do,purchases to be made plans etc.
Wanted to update everyone on what we decided and our progress and if anybody has some feedback do let us know.

Orphanage for the Boys -When: December 13th Sunday 2009

Head count – 41
Break up according to Age
6 yrs – 1
7 yrs- 3
8yrs – 5
10yrs – 5
11 yrs- 5
12 yrs – 5
14 yrs – 10
15-18yrs – 6

Purchases that need to be made:

We plan on buying T shirts and under garments for these kids .If anybody has any clothes preferably new ( because its a Christmas gift we would do a old clothes run later) in these sizes let us know.

Toys for these kids, a small toy for each kid and also common toys like basketball’s,carrom boards,cricket bats etc.

Plastic Mats,Bedsheets,Rain coats and umbrellas around 10 each for the kids at the orphanage.

Lunch and snacks -

Assorted cream cakes
Chips
Cool drinks
A special Christmas cake for the staff
And lunch for the kids and staff .

Old Age Home- : When December 19th Sunday 2009

Head count – 65

A gift hamper for each person,purchases yet to be done ( anybody wanting to donate any of these articles let us know)

Bath towels – 65
Bath Soaps – 195
Tooth Brushes – 65
Tooth paste – 65
Coconut oil – 65
Talcum powder – 65
Hair combs – 65

Nutritional items for the old folks -

Horlicks – 2Kg
Boost – 2Kg
Complan – 1 kg

Lunch& Snacks

Plum cakes – 65 nos
Special cake for the staff
Luch for the old folks and staff.

We also wanted to reach out to some really poor Anglo-Indian families,we where shocked and suprised to know that there are families that stay in hut’s/thatched houses which most of us our unaware off but it’s true.As of now we wanted to extend our support to 6 of these families ( anybody that knows of really needy families do send us an email to sharethischristmas@gmail.com latest 10 Dec)

What we plan on doing -

5 Kgs of rice for each family
1 Kg of wheat flour
1 Kg cooking oil
1 Kg sugar
100 Gms of coffee
1 plum cake
1 Kg of chicken
A small cash voucher

All prices and other miscalleneous expenses will be updated in our later update.The contributions have been very generous anybody wishing to contribute or vaolunteer please let us know ASAP,we are in need of volunteers to help us in organising this.Call or send us an email.

Note: If anybody knows Tamil carols or knows of anyone who does sing in tamil let us know,we need some of those Tamil bells ,also if anybody around chennai can give us a santa claus costume that would be helpfull.

Thanks and keep us in your prayers for our first outreach program .

- Share & Care Team