Food Drive
It is again time for our annual food drive. Last year you totally surprised me with about 1300 food items for the food bank. Since then, we have signed up to buy surplus food from HACAP in Hiawatha. (Last month we got $1200 worth of groceries for $60.) But we can't get everything we need from them. We have a lot of Cheerios, granola bars, tomato soup, and canned green vegetables. We need non-green beans, chicken noodle soup, tuna, ground beef, etc., etc. (That means too many things to list.)
I want to challenge you to 1000 food items by Easter. Again, as we did last year, we will count $1 as 1 item. When we receive money we can purchase the items which are needed at the time.
We have another need that someone may be able to help with. We need a refrigerator. We now have a very small one, but we need to upsize. That would allow us to keep more perishable items, such as milk, cheese, meat, juice, etc.
Darlene just showed me the monthly report. We served 15 families, last month. I don't know all the circumstances, but some are working but not able to make enough money for supply the family needs and some are disabled. We had the opportunity to feed a few people who were "camping out" at University hospital, waiting on sick family and without the resources to buy food or rent a room.
We have often hear it said that You can't out-give God. I believe that is very true. Then another thought hit me. I wonder if it might be possible to out-give Darlene!
