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We’ve all heard them. Those wild stories that Santa isn’t real. Well, I’m here to tell you that they are not true! Santa really does exist, or at least his spirit exists among the volunteers of the Hugs and Hope Foundation for sick children. The club’s 3,000+ members are acting as Santa’s elves this holiday season and they’re making a difference in the lives of sick children who have never even met them before.

Hundreds of strangers all over the country and even throughout the world are reaching out to critically ill children and helping to bring a little more love and laughter into their lives.

Nine-year-old Connor loves watching Scooby Doo with his dad and playing computer games. He is not so fond of all the checkups that are necessary because he has a rare form of advanced cancer. The second grader tries to talk his way out of each medical procedure that his doctors require of him, but in the end he always must give in and submit to the treatments. Connor has had radiation therapy, chemo therapy, and seven surgeries in his battle to beat cancer. His experience has been made a little easier because of the “happy mail” he receives from Hugs and Hope Club volunteers. And his Christmas will be merrier because of the ELVES who volunteered to sponsor him this holiday season.

Before Connor became a member of the Hugs and Hope Club, he would lament that the mailbox was always empty. Now he happily receives mail on a daily basis from people all around the world. “It means so much to Connor to know that people are thinking of him!” said his mom.

For many families of sick children, Christmas is a tough time of year. With medical bills, the prospect of Christmas gifts is often unlikely. But, thanks to the elves of the Hugs and Hope Club, Connor and hundreds of other sick children will have gifts under the tree on Christmas morning and so will their healthy brothers and sisters.

Hugs and Hope Club founder Marsha Jordan believes that “Christmas morning should be fun and and happy, even if your family has fallen on rough times financially.” She feels that sick children especially should have a joyous Christmas, because it might just be their last.

Janice Wilder is a “hug giver and hope builder,” as the volunteers call themselves. She is a cancer survivor herself. She tries to encourage other people to become volunteers too. “It doesn’t take much effort on your part to make a huge difference and I have found personally that my life is brightened so much by whatever I do. It’s a wonderful feeling to know that you are bringing a smile to the face of a sick child and you can’t help getting back some of the joy that you give.”

Author Marsha Jordan is creator of the HUGS and HOPE Foundation for Sick Children. She’s the award-winning author of “Hugs, Hope, and Peanut Butter,” an inspirational book of humor for adults, illustrated by seriously ill kids. Book sales benefit children served by the foundation: http://www.hugsandhope.org/sale.htm

Yes, Santa still exists. He lives in the hearts of Hugs and Hope Club members! To learn more about this group, visit the Hugs and Hope Club web site at http://www.hugsandhope.org

meaning of Baby name?????

My sister is having her first baby a little girl! I’m making a baby book baby, shower invites, and I’m making a poem! but before I do all this I want the meaning of her name Sophie Please help! She’s due in September!!!

SOPHIE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German
Pronounced: so-FEE (French), SO-fee (English), ZO-fee (German) [key]
French form of SOPHIA

SOPHIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek, German, Italian, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Σοφια (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: so-FEE-a (English), zo-FEE-ah (German) [key]
Means “wisdom” in Greek. This was the name of an early, probably mythical, saint who died of grief after her three daughters were martyred.

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