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43 DENVER CATHOLIC | DECEMBER 2020 BEST KEPT SECRET FOR FAMILIES Imagine... Is Your RIGHT SIDE UP Community In An Upside Down World! Come Join Us! Denny Bauer (308)-370-1424 • Amy McKay (308)-571-0316 www.spaldingacademy.org • Virtually non-existent crime • Day-school with student housing available Is Your RIGHT World! Denny Bauer: (308)-370-1424 www.spaldingacademy.org Come • 97% Catholic, one church town • ON-SITE, IN PERSON Pre-K 12th grade Catholic school faithful to Magisterium • Self-sufficient, entrepreneurial community • Affordable housing and plentiful labor • Virtually non-existent crime • Day-school with student housing available BEST KEPT SECRET FOR FAMILIES Imagine... • 97% Catholic, one church town • ON-SITE, IN PERSON Pre-K 12th grade Catholic school faithful to Magisterium • Self-sufficient, entrepreneurial community • Affordable housing and plentiful labor • Virtually non-existent crime • Day-school with student housing available Is Your RIGHT SIDE UP Community In An Upside Down World! Denny Bauer: (308)-370-1424 or Amy McKay: (308)-571-0316 www.spaldingacademy.org Come Join Us! * Spalding, NE (pop. 520) THERE IS STILL TIME TO BENEFIT ON YOUR 2020 TAXES FROM A CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION! YOUR GENEROSITY PROVIDES A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HER AND OTHERS IN NEED Receive a sizable Colorado State Tax Credit and Reduce Your After Tax Cost of Giving! Donate today to receive the 25% Enterprise Zone Tax Credit OR up to a 50% Child Care Contribution Tax Credit! 1. Give online at ccdenver.org/donate 2. Call us at 720-799-9311 3. Mail a check payable to Catholic Charities to 6240 Smith Road, Denver, CO 80216 (must be postmarked by 12/31/20) WAYS TO GIVE: ⊲ AT H O M E Cozy up with some books Reading is something we should all be doing more of, especially in a time when attention spans are at an all-time low. Make yourself a nice cup of tea (or a hot toddy if you're feeling adven- turous), light the fireplace, cover up with a cozy blanket and grab those books you've been want- ing to read but "haven't had time for." You won't regret it. Family game night With Christmas parties cancelled, you're going to be stuck with...well, the same people you've been stuck with since March. A little bit of friendly competition might liven things up a bit. Break out a deck of cards and play some Rummy. Partake in a marathon session of Monopoly. Get a heated game of Candyland going. Best of all, it's an excuse to be present with those you love most. Classic Christmas radio shows...on YouTube Remember the good ol' days when families would huddle around the radio and listen to their favorite Christmas story together? Well, thanks to the internet, a similar experience (albeit not quite the same) can be had in 2020. Search "Christmas radio shows" on YouTube, find your favorite Christmas story, then close your eyes and pretend like it's the 1930s all over again. A home meditation on the Christmas story When was the last time you read the Christ- mas story closely? With the normal hustle of the Christmas season virtually gone this year, maybe now's the time to open your Bibles to the book of Matthew and/or Luke and meditate upon the Christmas story. This can be done individually or as a family.

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