VOA Learning English: English in a Minute: Turning over a New Leaf
Randall's ESL Listening Lab: Happy New Year
EnglishClass101: Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a secular holiday that is traditionally celebrated on December 26, the day after Christmas Day in England and its former colonies. December 26 is also the feast day of St. Stephen who collected food and clothing and gave them to the poor. On Boxing Day, workers would received boxes of food and small gifts from their employers. Frequently, there were used clothing or blankets in the boxes.
Recently, Boxing Day has gained popularity in America. Many families "box up" unused clothes, electronics, and furniture and donate them to charitable organizations such as Goodwill.
Goodwill was started in 1902 by the Reverend Edgar J. Helms of Morgan Methodist Chapel in Boston. Helms and his congregation collected used household goods and clothing being discarded in wealthier areas of the city, then trained and hired the unemployed or poor to repair them. The products were then redistributed to those in need.
Today, Goodwill has become an international nonprofit that is funded by thrift stores and provides more than 300,000 people with job training and community services each year. Goodwill also offers free online job skills and technology courses--learn more at gcflearnfree.org
In the spirit of Boxing Day, we encourage you to donate your unused goods or volunteer with your local civic or community groups.
More organizations in San Jose/Milpitas that accept household goods donations and need volunteers.
JenniferESL: Christmas Eve Livestream with Jennifer 🎄 An Original Short Story! (reading fluency)
JenniferESL: Christmas Eve Livestream 2023: A Christmas Carol
JenniferESL: A Christmas Quiz! Holiday Traditions and Vocabulary in the U.S.
VOA Learning English: Grammar and Christmas
VOA Learning English: Expressions for Celebrating the Holidays
More Practice:
VOA Learning English: How to Pronounce playlist
JenniferESL: Pronunciation of American English Vowel Sounds playlist
JenniferESL: Learn Intonation Patterns in English with Jennifer playlist
JenniferESL: Understanding Fast Speech in English: a 20-day challenge playlist
JenniferESL: Oral Reading Fluency in English playlist
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1000 Paper Cranes - The Sadako Sasaki Story pdf
Nuclear Free Deutschland: Sadako
Naia Shedd: The Story of 1000 Paper Cranes
UpLife: The Story of Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Holiday Stamps and Religious Freedom pdf (2020)
ELLI: At the Doctor's Office: Health & Medicine Vocabulary
Oxford Picture Dictionary Medical Care and Dental Care Workbook 118-9
Future 3: Going to the Doctor pg 186-187 Lesson A and B
Health Stories: Allergic to Penicillin