There is going to be an adjustment for our April give plans. My original plan was to divide into 4 groups and each group would take dinner to the homeless shelter once during the month. However, I have been calling the shelter for three weeks straight and have gotten no response. I have left several messages regarding who I am and what I am trying to do. I even went to the shelter when I dropped off the baby shower gifts and no one would answer the door.
I feel like this may not be the best place to invest our time. Instead, I am encouraging each family to take dinner to someone in need. Maybe it's a neighbor that has been ill, someone at church that had a baby, maybe a friend that just could use some help...we all know someone that would appreciate dinner. Please take a picture and if you don't know how to upload onto the blog, there are several of us that can. At the very least, type up a quick post and let us know what you did. It's a great encouragement to get the rest of us going!
Our May give will be on May 1st. We will meet at Grandma Stapelman's and help get her yard ready for spring/summer. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate with us and we can get lots done. We will need shovels and rakes and pruners so if you have any, please bring them. I'll send out some more information a little bit closer to the 1st.
Just a quick thank you for all of the wonderful gifts brought to the baby shower. The Battered Women's Shelter was very grateful for everything. I went to get my pictures downloaded to a cd so I could post them, but Wal-mart's photo lab was down Monday and I haven't been to town since. I will post them as soon as I get them! Thanks again for your generosity!
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Thank you for all the work you've done on this. I think it's just such a wonderful idea, but someone...with talent and determination...had to take it and run with it. Thank you so much. You make me VERY proud.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to tell about what we did for April. My mom and dad were in town for the week so my family, Tarra and my mom and dad worked together. We made 20 sack lunches and went downtown to find people in need of a good meal. It was interesting and rewarding. Thanks for the opportunity to get out of our comfort zone a little bit! I'm not sure if any pictures turned out that great, but if they did I will post them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your give with us! It's awesome that you are participating even though you live so far away!
ReplyDeleteWe took dinner to a new family that just had a new baby. We had never met them before so not only did we get to give, we got to meet someone new. The baby was sooo cute too! We also took a loaf of bread to Delmas Beaver to let him know we were thinking of him. I feel badly that I never got around to it before Jackie passed away. Always act on those promptings right away so you do not miss an opportunity.
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