Part 4

As they strolled down the path, Rabadaba asked Millerkirk1984 if he had planned anything for them to do. The tiger replied, "I thought we could spend the day helping give back to the community a bit. Cbaile18 has organized for a lot of us to meet at the school gym today to help her pack boxes for operation Christmas child. They need all the help they can get so I figured we could both pitch in." "I would love to help out the others, but what is operation Christmas child?" Rabadaba asked. 

"Operation Christmas child is a charity that packs shoe boxes full of all kinds of Christmas gifts. Then they ship them to children that live on the other side of the planet. For some of these children, their families are very poor and these might be the only Christmas gifts they get." Millerkirk1984 explained. "Cbaile18 has been busy buying a lot of necessities and fun items for these boxes but she needs some help getting them all ready in time to ship."

As they arrived at the school, they were treated by Cbaile18, a beautiful German Shepard who was simply beaming with excitement at what a large group had shown up to help her. She greeted the rabbit and tiger enthusiastically, hugging them both and thanking them for showing up to help with her project. She then led the pair over to a table with a few animals Rabadaba already recognized, a mother wolf and her two nearly grown Cubs. "Aren't you Acrogodess, AJ, and Liv?" Rabadaba asked? 

"Yes we are," the mother wolf replied."it's so nice to see you again Rabadaba and you too Millerkirk1984. I'm so glad there was such a great turn out to help Cbaile18 pack the Christmas boxes. She's so sweet! Did you know she uses all of her earnings to pay for the boxes? She doesn't keep anything for herself. We think it's a great cause so we've been donating whenever we can. I'm currently saving to use my earnings to get Liv, some camera equipment but we believe it's very important to always help others as well so we also donate frequently to operation Christmas child"

"Wow!" Rabadaba exclaimed. "Everyone here seems so genuine and generous! In my short time here I've seen so many animals helping out in any way that they can. I'm so excited that I can help out as well! I want to give back to the community the way all of you do every day." 

The group spent the afternoon laughing and chatting while they worked in an assembly line fashion to pack several boxes and get them all prepares to ship. While he worked Rabadaba beamed thinking about how the boxes he was packing would be able to brighten so many children's days. He imagined how ecstatic they would be to open up their box and find all these wonderful goodies cbaile18 had gathered up for them. It warmed his heart as he thought about how he was helping to bring joy to so many children on this new planet he called home. 

Rabadaba could not know what might lay ahead in his life but he did know one thing, he belonged here. He belonged with these other animals.  The people he had met already seemed more like family than any of his biological family ever could. He wanted to help out his new family in any way that he could and operation Christmas child seemed like the perfect way to do just that. In that moment he made a silent vow to himself to never forget about those less fortunate than himself and to always use a portion of his earnings to help do good in the world.