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Frank and Joan Gordon maintain a
scrapbook of good deeds performed
by their children and grandchildren.
Family members also have helped a
young mother make a budget, bought a
pair of tennis shoes for a teenager in need,
filled the gas tank and paid the light bill
of a [xx>r, disabled woman, supported a
teenage girl in Brazil through a Christian
ministry, provided a job to a woman un
dergoing drug rehabilitation and donated
backpacks filled with school supplies to
children in underserved neighborhoods.
“Most of my family does tar more than
one kind deed a year,” Candy says. “We
only record the ones that we want to
share at Christmas. But there are many
needs in the world, and Christmas is
another opportunity.”
Her brother feels the same way. “I hope
the spirit catches," says Trey, 59. “If more
people tried this, I suppose the scores
wouldn’t like it. But it definitely makes
for a more Jesus-centered Christmas.” ★
Story by Marta \V. Aldrich, a writer in
Franklin, 'Venn.
Tell us about
those good deeds
Has someone performed an unex
pected act of kindness for you lately?
American Profile would like to hear
stories about the generous, humane
and compassionate acts that readers
have experienced in the last year. Mail
a brief letter, along with your foil name,
address and telephone number, to:
Acts of Kindness, do American Profile,
341 Coo! Springs Blvd., Suite 400,
Franklin, TN 37067.
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