Catching up!

It's been awhile since I've actually had time to blog. I spent the entire summer remodeling our 30 year old motorhome.

It took a more time than I anticipated. The actual work wasn't that bad, it was finding the time to work on it that was difficult.

We took the motorhome out to feed the homeless last weekend. I had to take a couple months off while I was coaching soccer, and I didn't realize how much I missed serving others! We had a lot of folks help prepare and serve the food. We delivered over 200 meals and 100 cups of homemade chicken noodle soup!

Speaking of the homeless, we're collecting winter items at the print shop (302 pearl in downtown new albany). If you happen to be cleaning out a closet, here are some things we could really use:
Winter Coats, the bigger, the better!
Gloves
Scarves (if you can find a fleece throw on sale for $3, you can make 8 scarves out of it!)
new socks
sweat shirts (preferably with hoods)
Long Underwear
Blankets/sleeping bags/comforters
just casual stuff. no need for dress clothes or fancy stuff!

The rule of thumb is if you won't wear it, don't donate it. We're not being picky. Just because someone is homeless doesn't mean they want to be.
Make sure items are clean before donating them. Here's some food for thought: only 10% of the items donated to goodwill and other organizations are actually used for the needy. the rest are sold to clothes "recyclers" for profit. If you want to make sure your clothing is really making a difference, then please drop it off. If you want to help hand them out, we'll be heading out bright and early xmas morning!