Saturday, December 21, 2013

Stuffing 72 Backpacks - Part 2

Continuation ........................

Dave and Linda Mann, thank you so much for the candy, combs, books and Granola Bars.  It helped out a lot !!   :)

Cristina Ball, thank you for all the wet wipes & for buying all those blankets & sleeping bags at the thrift store for the Homeless !!   :)   What a great idea !!   :)

Alison Newman, thank you for knitting a bunch of warm fingerless gloves, plus scarves and caps !!  Also for donating a lot of odds and ends that we needed for stuffing the bags.  :)   It was sweet how you wrapped all the gloves with pretty ribbons.  :)

Marilyn Rubin, my faithful helper, thank you for the running around you did to find the T-shirts, sweatshirts, and the socks for the ladies !!   :)   Also thank you Alvin for the cookies and granola bars !!  :)  

Sue Bradford, thank you my friend, for the extra socks !!  :)

Dr. Kronlage, a big thank you for donating all those snack items for the Homeless !!  It was so wonderful to stuff them all into the backpacks.  :)  

Laura Kakuris and Steve, thank you for donating some of the Christmas candy this year !!   :)

Sadie, your help with the toothpastes and toothbrushes is much appreciated & please come back to the parks with us soon !!  :)

Nicole and Nathan Mitchell, thank you for picking up the slack of the last toothpastes and toothbrushes !!  :)  It all rounded out in the end. 

I also would like to thank the people from Hilde's church for donating some of the items needed to fill the backpacks.  :) 

And another great big thank you goes out to Buck Bannister & Michael, Mara Concordia, Cristina Ball, Nicole & Nathan Mitchell, and Inna Rohr, for all those warm blankets and sleeping bags you brought over for the people in the parks !!  :)   I so appreciate that some of you even went to thrift shops to find them !!  :)

Sending a great big thank you hug to each of you wonderful people for helping with this project and for all the Love you gifted the Homeless with this Season !!   :)

I am ever so grateful to each one of you !!   :) 

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