Our Season of Service

Inspired by some friends of our family, the Tucker family has decided to try a new way of exchanging Christmas gifts beginning in 2013. We hope it will become a wonderful family tradition. For years, the six Tucker children, their spouses, and their parents exchanged gifts every Christmas, but in 2012, we decided the gift-giving tradition may need a change since we are all so blessed and in need of truly nothing. We decided we needed to find a better way to celebrate the true Christmas spirit.

We suggested that we each perform acts of service in the name of the sibling whose name we were assigned at random. Our service will be kept a secret until Christmas Day.

Names were drawn for us and and we were notified privately of the person who should inspire our service. On Christmas Day, we reveal who we were given and how we chose to serve by posting our stories on The Tucker Family Season of Service blog.

We hope this tradition will help us focus on serving our communities and each other during the annual celebration of the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

We invite you to come back to our blog on Christmas morning to read this year's service.

Thursday, December 25, 2014

To: Gina. From: Becca

This year I wanted to render service that would mean something to me, and remind me of Gina. I talked to people about charities I could help with, but nothing seemed quite right. After starting work this Fall, I knew I had my answer. As I worked with kids, struggling to read, I recognized a commonality among them. These children had access to very few books at home. I thought about how lucky my kids were to have hundreds of books to choose from. I know Gina spends a lot of time reading with her family. I wanted the students I was helping to enjoy reading at their own homes. So, I gathered up age appropriate books and donated them to the school. The teachers were glad to hand the books out to the children who needed their own little libraries. I enjoy helping kids develop a love for reading. I hope this small act will provide a few children the enjoyment of reading.

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  1. GinaDecember 25, 2014 at 4:50 AM

    Becca, you know me well and know that I love books and literacy! Thank you so much! I love you!! (Also, if you read my service on the Marshall blog, you'll see that one of my acts of service this year actually did pertain to literacy. :)

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