Today's sorting day was such a success, I have to admit I was a little stunned by it. Our goals were ambitious: multiple women's groups collect items over the summer for a service project to benefit Livingston County Social Services. We were told over and over we had our work cut out for us. We did, and we still do! But today, a group from Livingston County Mommies met to sort through hygiene kit and life box items we've been collecting for three months and holy cow! Goals met and exceeded!
And can I say many hands really DO make light work? I was grateful and even surprised by how many items we had donated. In the middle of the sorting, Bert DiFranco from St. Luke's dropped off another five large bags of items, including a huge bag of brand new beanie babies for the life boxes. Our goal for those boxes was to fill 20 of them. They are given to foster children when they enter foster care and filled with items that will help get them record their milestones in foster care. They also include other small things like socks, toys, etc. I was concerned that we would not have enough to fill our 20 boxes. Some people were concerned that we would not have enough shoe boxes. The verdict after sorting: 45 life boxes, which we filled with the help of some of the little folks. Amazing. I was worried about...???
On the hygiene kit front, Tammy with LCMommies thinks we will be able to do 120 hygiene kits for social services and 50 for the local food pantry...that's above and beyond our goal! I had hoped that there would be enough product left over to resupply the food pantry with hygiene kits and I'm so grateful we will be able to do that again. We need to purchase/have donated several more items, of course (toilet paper anyone, about 170 rolls?) but some cash donations we received will go a long way toward filling that goal!
On the quilt front, Rachel reports we have 15 quilts with backs actually in our possession. There are several more quilts coming in so we see ourselves heading way over our goal of 20. Again, we are thrilled. We do have a desperate need for batting, but other than that, we are set!
What's next? Maybe another week and a half of begging for a few more donations. (Did I mention batting and toilet paper?) And then on to Sept. 26, where we will need YOUR helping hands to pull this project together.
Did I mention we're having lunch that day? There may be goulash involved? And baked potatoes? And chili?
And quilts to tie and bind?
And boxes to decorate?
And hygiene kit bags to fill?
May hands will make light work!
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