Thanksgiving Service Project

I can't believe Thanksgiving already has flown by and we are on our way to Christmas faster than ever. A friend of mine decided to head up a Thanksgiving Service Project. She made flyers and distributed them among friends and church members and then on Thanksgiving day families were able to come to the church building and put care packages together for the Fresno Rescue Mission. We were excited to partake in such an awesome activity on Thanksgiving day, but my little guy was sick so we just dropped off some donations. Dawn did an amazing job organizing such a fantastic way of showing gratitude. They were able to deliver quite a bit of things to the Fresno Rescue Mission as well as make 20 humanitarian kits for the church. I hope to be involved in more amazing acts of service...soon!(pic by craftygoat)

Coupons for our Troops

Here is another "heartfelt blessing" that you can do over time. Time and time again I look in my coupon envelope and notice I didn't get to use a coupon before it expired. Has this happened to you? Well, don't throw that coupon away. Our troops can use those expired coupons. Coupons that are up to 6 months expired can be used by our troops. We have been saving coupons for a little over 3 months and it is amazing how many we have collected. We will be sending ours off to the troop we have adopted. Here is a great link that gives all the details about this simple "heartfelt blessing". http://www.ocpnet.org/

I thought today was the perfect day to post this since it is Veteran's Day. Happy Veteran's Day to all the men and women who have sacrificed so much for our freedom!

Just Because...

My brother works at BIG 5 Sporting Goods while trying to find a job in accounting. He hates his job, but tries to deal with it. On Saturday, I was in town so I decided to go to RiteAid and buy my bro a $10 gift card and a soda. (He goes into RiteAid often for snacks when he is on break). I wrote on the gift card, Just Because, I handed it to him and left. He asked what it was for, and I said, "Just because." It felt good to surprise my little bro with a simple gift card.

Box Tops

This is such an easy way to do a "heartfelt blessing". Start saving those box tops on the different products you are already buying: cereal, diapers, gogurt, zoo pals, fruit snacks, boxed foods usually by Betty Crocker, and the list goes on. Then once you have a good handfull give them to your child's school or if you don't have kids in school donate the box tops to your local school.
I save mine in a drawer in the kitchen where I keep the ziploc bags (another place to find box tops :) then I put them in a ziploc and give them to my best friend Deborah who teaches at a low income school.