Comments on: A different kind of shop!

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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:02:03 +0000

[...] Shopping for the food bank [...]

By: Judy Yates

Judy Yates — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:50:57 +0000

Well done to you both for doing such a good thing, it’s really great. Hubby and I used to do something similar up to a few years ago. A couple of years ago I suggested to the girls @ work that we put our Kris Kringle money towards something a bit more useful so we decided to put all our money together, our company matched dollar for dollar and I went to the supermarket and bought a trolley full of goods which I subsequently took to the local Salvos office. Apparently I arrived around their lunchtime and I came away from there feeling that i was quite a nuisance, not one person out of 3 or 4 that I spoke with even said thanks! We did receive a letter from them a few weeks later thanking us for our kind donation. However I was so disappointed that not one person said thanks that day, and in fact made me feel like an intruder, that for subsequent years we have again pooled our money and bought gifts from the World Vision Smiles catalogue instead. I think I’ll check out your links though this year and see if we can do something similar to what you have done just from our family (we’ve already done the Kris Kringle thing)
Cheers
Judy

By: an ostrich named sam

an ostrich named sam — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:59:44 +0000

My class is planning on doing a food drive for the local food bank in Febuary. We thought about doing it for Christmas, but decided that since so many people do things for Christmas, we’ll wait and do it when it’s really cold ( -20 to -30 here in eastern Canada), and some people have to decided between heating their homes and eating.

Kudos to you and your flat mate for buying for the food bank!

I’ll be dropping off items for the food bank @ home this week-end. Plus buying a toy and making a donation to KIVA for CHristmas.

Enjoy your hot chocolate tonight.

By: Kiwi Chick

Kiwi Chick — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:58:48 +0000

Well done!

Each year I do an extra Christmas grocery shop specifically for the local food bank. I like to think that I can help someone else’s Christmas more enjoyable by providing food for their table.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:21:12 +0000

The other day I filled my shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child and I have never had so much fun shopping, trying to explain to my 20 month old daughter A) why the toys weren’t for her and B) that there are people who don’t have as much as us and every year at the holidays it is important to remember them first. Perhaps she didn’t understand and perhaps I was talking a little too loudly on purpose to , ahem, inform the other shoppers as well. But the point is, it was fun and I felt so great the rest of the day. I only wish I had more budgeted for charity!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:27:21 +0000

How fantastic, and that is superb that you buy good quality food, it’s so awful to see so much junk go to people who really need good, decent food.

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:42:19 +0000

This is great! Good for you guys! What a blessing for those who really need it this year!