Antidote

Serving others has always been such a great antidote to selfishness and self-pity, no? Our family has been blessed by others in so many ways during our unemployment. We can't give back monetarily right now, but we felt that we needed to do something to help others in the same way we have been helped. So we spent a couple hours packing snack packs for inner city school children at a local food bank last Saturday. It was a fantastic experience to do together as a family, and there was something for every member of the family to do!

They had us form an assembly line down both sides of long tables set up with different snack foods that had been donated. One side of the table packed the bags with snacks from bins on the tables, and the other side of the table restocked the bins.

C, packing.


G and Little Man, restocking.


My hubby and daughter G, packing.

L, restocking.

And Little Man restocking too!


After the bags were tied, they were carried to a pallet (Little Man could carry two at a time!!) and stacked up neatly in bundles of 60, then shrink wrapped.


Together with other helpers, we packed 13 pallets in 2 hours, for a total of 780 snack packs!


We have never once gone hungry during these last 5 months, unlike some of the children who will be receiving these snack packs. How thankful we are for food! The children all had fun helping and we came home with a fresh appreciation for all that we have.