We all have our yearly traditions.
We have Easter egg hunts in place of the traditional meaning of Easter.
We have Trick or Treating for Halloween instead of its traditional meaning.
We have Santa Claus instead of the traditional meaning of Christmas, though even that is widely disputed.
The only tradition that we seem to keep the same is Thanksgiving. On this holiday, we tend to gather together with friends and loved ones and remember what we have, what we had and what we forgot to be thankful for. We prepare a massive feast of food that often times sends us into a food coma and we either sit back and watch football or head off to the mall to start Christmas shopping.
That’s what MOST of us do….however there is a large group of people out there that do not have the ability to celebrate Thanksgiving as we do; they don’t have the stable family life that we associate with when we gather together to celebrate.
We have been blessed to work with one such group this past year: Orangewood Children’s Foundation.
We go there once a month and stock cabinets with food, clothes, and hygiene supplies. We think outside of ourselves and we are thankful to them for allowing us to be a part of their ever growing organization. The need is great and we are always hopeful that the givers are greater! Take a look at what we’ve done in the past and see how you can participate in the future.
We are having a Thanksgiving Feast on November 17th and would love your participation. What can you bring or what can you donate? With the weather getting cooler, we are looking for blankets, lightly worn jackets and any cold weather accessories to donate to the kids. Won’t you consider being a part of this?
Thankfully Yours,
Amanda
