It’s about that time of year again. Decorated eggs, fun family games and the 2nd largest quantity of candy kids will ever get in one day. And while there are many parents out there who go all out and spare no expense on Easter baskets for their children during the holiday weekend, there are also kids locally who don’t exactly have equally warm-hearted Easter experiences. That’s where Chuck ‘N’ Jo’s comes in to save the [holi]day!
Last year, Chuck ‘N’ Jo’s donated over 800 baskets to Children’s Hospitals and local non-for-profit groups that help children, like the Maria House and St. Marks. This year marks their 4th year of the Easter Baskets of Love and it is bigger and better than ever before! They will have over 1200 Easter baskets that will be delivered to kids and senior citizens this Easter. And they’re distributing the baskets to a greater number of charitable places compared to last year!
We stopped by Chuck ‘N’ Jo’s today to visit Connie Jo (one of the founders of this noble event) to see the baskets and talk with Connie about the event a little more. Looking at a collection of the baskets felt like looking into the future a bit. There were so many of them and I began to get a mental glimpse of the happiness that they were going to bring local kids and seniors in just a week’s time.
So Connie, there sure are a LOT of baskets here, how do you go about collecting all of the goods that go into the baskets?
All year long people are bringing in these baskets to help out. They bring in stuffed animals, toys… no candy, though, until it’s getting near Easter time so it won’t spoil.
