A look at the ways people give...
Upper Left: Mia Johnston, of Hickory Farms, offers free samples to customers at Heritage Mall in Albany. Even businesses get into the spirit of giving!
Center: Bell ringer for Salvation Army, Loretta Gallup, wishes customers a merry Christmas as they rush to do their shopping. Gallup has been a bell ringer for over five years and gives more than 30 hours every week to ringing the bells.
Lower Left: Shannon Bussell, of Operation Homefront, looks at a donated "Kay" necklace. The jewelry will be given as a Christmas gift to a military wife whose husband is deployed.
Lower Right: A boy curiously glances at the Humane Society giving tree in the Heritage mall of Albany before running to catch up with his family.
