It never ceases to amaze me…when you call on your community to assist with a great cause, your community rallies, comes together, donates it’s time, money and resources…and this month’s Orangewood Children’s Foundation rally was beyond SPECTACULAR!
Pam, Kash and I arrived by 9:00 a.m and started unloading the cars! We had BAGS of donations from our Seven Gables Agents and the community.
Pam quickly started working on her Taquito casserole. I had never had that, but after she was done putting it all together…this is what it looked like:
Next, Kash brought in a cake that his wife had made: Jell-O cake
Then my Friend Teresa showed up with the home made Spanish rice and Beans we had made the night before, and Pam continued to work on her beef version of her Taquito Casserole:
Gina brought her famous Mexican Beef Brisket and home made refried beans (Sorry…no photo…I was too busy drooling!)
Pam had also brought some oranges and apples and just to be balanced a HUGE bag of bite size chocolates!
Our agents donated home made goodies:
Then came the rest of our troops: Lisa, Gina, Vanessa…all ready to take inventory!
And what a lot of inventory we had!
Body Lotion:10 bottles
Body Soap: 67 bars
Conditioner: 24 bottles
Cotton Balls:500 (OK, so one bag )
Deodorant: 42 bottles
Feminine Products: 4 Boxes
Hair Brushes and Combs: 7
Gel/Mousse: 8 bottles
Make up: 15 different types
Q-Tips: 2,020 (counted individually by Kash and Vanessa!) KIDDING!
Razors: 168
Shampoo: 41 bottles
Shaving Cream:11 cans
Toilet Paper: 120 rolls
Toothpaste:33 boxes
Toothpaste:52 regular size and 288 sample size
Body Wash: 11 bottles
A host of sample size shampoo’s, conditioners, lotions
Liquid Hand soap:5 bottles
Floss: 11 packs
Mouthwash: 2 bottles
A big thanks to all who contributed and stay put for information on next month’s theme’s: BBQ!
I also want to share with you the wonderful email we received from Kristin who helps us out monthly and works there at Orangewood:
Hi Lisa,
Just wanted to let you know that the youth devoured the food! They also wrote you notes. I’ll either drop if off or take a picture, but I wanted to let you know. One youth loved the cake and I have to tell you, I wish you could have seen how happy they were. Some even took it outside and ate on the grass. They just love this!
Thank you!
Kristi Piatkowski
Volunteer Services Program Manager
Orangewood Children’s Foundation
1575 E. 17th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92705
Tel: (714) 619-0248 Fax: (714) 619-0252
Website: www.orangewoodfoundation.org
We are truly blessed and thank you! We will be posting our monthly theme for donations soon, so keep your eyes open!
