It's been a while since I've updated this blog again. Not much has happened, until recently. The Warm Blanket Fund was a big failure. There wasn't a single donation made. I'm thinking that maybe we should try again a little closer to the cold season, but ask for donated blankets rather than cash.
We missed the deadline for Taco Bell's fundraising coupon books, but I have all the documents ready to apply for next year. Hopefully we can get some high school students to volunteer again and help us to sell them. =) NOW...for the good part... As you can see by the title of this post...there is now a Summer Lunch Program being operated and distributed by Our Shared Hopes! This is our first successful project and has really taken off from day one! Let me back up a little... So as I've never kept secret...I live in a very, very run-down RV park. This park is the last stop as far as RV parks go. Most of the people here are just one step away from homelessness. Many are addicts, some are disabled...some are disabled addicts, some just don't want to work... You begin to get the picture. In the middle of all this, there are children, of course. Growing up surrounded by filth, drugs, and some very low characters. I have never seen so many young kids in this park at the same time. Running around the park playing, still young enough to be oblivious to what's around them. I'm rambling. lol Let me get to the point. Drinks were coming up missing from my outdoor fridge. I've lived here before, and never had anything stolen up to this point, so I was very taken aback. Went to Lowe's and bought padlocks and latches to keep the thing locked up. But then there was a knock on my door... 3 boys stood there...wanting to know if I would give them a juice drink. They had been coming around for a few days doing that. So I finally put 2 and 2 together and figure just mayyybe it was kids getting into my fridge and not one of the tweeker neighbors. So I figured...if they're thirsty, maybe they're hungry too. So I asked them. I asked them if they'd like it if I started making them a sack lunch each day. Nothing special, just PB&J and a juice drink. They were excited. These kids were excited. Over a PB&J sandwich and a juice drink each day. So I knew I was on the right track. lol So I posted it on FB to see if people would like to help, made up some parent letters and permission slips, and we were off. 6 lunches our first day. We're up to 10 now. =) To help us feed these kids, or to learn more, please visit our new page here.
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