In an "awwwwww"-inspiring moment in a Mesa, Arizona, shelter earlier this summer, Congressman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ, and left of picture), played summertime Santa to toddlers in La Mesita temporary shelter, dispensing stories, hugs, and an available lap to kids whose families have fallen on hard times in his district.Mitchell and fellow shelter visitor Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, spent a morning "packing diapers into plastic baggies, slicing turkey for kids' meals and sharing the importance of reading," according to the local East Valley Tribune. Better still, Mitchell is a long-time ally of A New Leaf, the parent nonprofit that operates La Mesita and 29 other shelters around his district.
Congressman Mitchell and Secretary Locke urged other Americans to similarly help their fellow, struggling citizens by volunteering to read to children, assist with resumes, and otherwise supporting community shelters like La Mesita. And proved, with the spontaneous affection of some new friends, that volunteering means receiving as much as giving.
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