Volunteering

Yesterday morning I woke feeling pretty blue. We are approaching the two year anniversary of Beth's passing on Christmas Eve. I'm also missing my friends, my family and my life in Arizona. The perfect cure was a day spent volunteering for a group called Bootstrap.

Susan

Mike and Jonathon

Mom, Mike, Jonathon and I joined in helping to sort toys and wrap presents for local families in need. Mom and I also matched mittens, scarves and hats and pinned them together for the families. There were many beautiful handmade ones but they quickly ran out of scarves and gloves. This may be one of our projects for the coming year!  It was reminiscent of working with Back to School and we felt right at home.

Jonathon and Mom

My mother-in-law, Joy, works in the kitchen feeding the volunteers all day long.

Joy

We worked in an airplane hangar that had been filled
by volunteers the night before with boxes of food and
paper products for each of the families. All the boxes
were stacked in neat rows, families identified by numbers
only. As shoppers shopped and wrappers wrapped,
the bags full of toys were placed next to the boxes of food
for each family. It was a bit like being an elf at the North Pole!

Later this week the toys and food will be delivered to the families.
What joy!