8th: Gathered children's outgrown shoes to donate to Soles for Soles, excited to send them off into the world, straight to little feet who need them. Ran out of time to drop them off. Bag of little shoes wait patiently in my trunk as we speak. I am thinking by Friday...
9th: In retrospect, our Second Sunday Soup could have been a food drive. Sadly, because I have no forethought and a lot of changing to do still, it was not. We just ate and drank and were merry, enjoying the sounds of running and laughing children, cocooned in our nest of plenty.
Don't you just love it when a Thirty Days turns out to be a month long guilt trip?
Note to self-- Ask guests to bring a food item in January.
10th: The children and I filled a good size box with outgrown and unwanted toys. They're still fine toys, all of them. So much, we have so much... Now, off to find them a home where they can do the most good.
If I had time and web design skills, I would start a website called Do the Most Good, a one stop shop for individuals to target their non-monetary donations directly to people, where their time and possessions can do the most good, right away. I would like to find that website right now, really, I don't need to start it and get the credit or anything. I just want to send these books, this food, these shoes, these toys on their way sooner rather than later...
Future giving days may include:
Donating blood (thanks, Melinda, for the nudge)
Writing some of those love letters
The "Be an Elf" program through the Post Office, where one directly answers a letter to Santa with a wish come true (oh the joy!)
Any other ideas?
Choose your favorite charity ( mine is the Cleveland Food Bank) and set up a $10.00 a month donation. They deduct the $ from your checking account or you can use a credit card. I would never donate $120.00 to a charity in a lump sum, but I don't miss $10.00 a month.
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