Do you have clothes that don't fit anymore? (mine have shrunk some) It's the washers fault!! Really! Maybe some older coats, winter hats, scarfs, mittens that you don't use or could possibly part with. Even go to a discount store or dollar store and purchase some of these items for children. Maybe some boots also.
Do you also have canned goods in your cupboard that you have two of? This time of year many stores have specials on canned goods. 2 for a $1.00, or some other fantastic sale. I know in my cupboard right now there a few too many boxes of noodle dishes, macaroni and cheese for example.
I am mentioning this because at my work this month we have a food drive, clothing drive and an angel tree going on. The angel tree is where you pick a card and on it will be the age of the child and if for a girl or boy. (for Christmas gifts) I chose two cards. One is for a boy age 15/16. The other for a girl age 14. They have suggested that for the older kids, maybe a gift card at Meijer's would be a great gift. I think that would be a great gift also.
Also going on right now today in Grand Rapids is the Mel Trotter Turkey Drop. I listen to the radio at work and they mentioned that they are shooting for 1,000 turkeys this year. I do hope they get plenty more than that. We all know that this year has been very trying and hard times for so many. Many have lost their jobs, homes, cars, etc. How devasting for so many families. Mel Trotter then makes up a basket of food to go along with the turkey and deliver them to families in need. That way everyone has a good balanced turkey dinner on Thanksgiving.I have helped at least one of those families.
I am sure most of us are in a position of doing something. We have way too much for what we really need. Too many clothes, clothes that we keep saying ....... I may wear that some day! I went through my closets, yes closets! and bagged up three huge garbage bags of clothes.
Too much food in the cupboard that just sits there and doesn't get used. Do we really need it?
I close with a poem by Unknown.
Giving Thanks
For the hay and the corn and the wheat that is reaped,
For the labor well done, and the barns that are heaped,
For the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb,
For the rose and the song and the harvest brought home --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
For the trade and the skill and the wealth in our land,
For the cunning and strength of the workingman's hand,
For the good that our artists and poets have taught,
For the friendship that hope and affection have brought --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
For the homes that with purest affection are blest,
For the season of plenty and well-deserved rest,
For our country extending from sea unto sea;
The land that is known as the "Land of the Free" --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
Author Unknown
Have a Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!
