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Fun Afternoon :)

June 14th, 2015 at 12:48 am

This afternoon after church a group of about 20 of us participated in a Kids Against Hunger event. It was a blast! Within the space of two hours we were able to put together enough food packages to feed 6000 people!

It's setup in an assembly line fashion - each part of the food bag is supposed to be manned by one person, then one person weighs the bag, one person seals the bag, one person puts a sticker on the bag, and another person puts it in the box.

At my table we had a 7 yr old and an 8 yr old. For the first hour they were pretty good, but after that they started goofing off a bit. We put them to different tasks and that seemed to help - but for the last half hour or so their grandma and I were doing 5 jobs between us - it actually went a lot faster and smoother with just the two of us doing those jobs. Smile

I didn't get much sleep Friday night (again) and almost decided to not go today. I'm SO glad I went!

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Stopped by the library on my way home and dropped off 4 more entries for the Adult Reading program, and picked up the movie "Boyhood" which was on hold for me. I might watch that tonight.

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Tomorrow I'll be doing my first shift for the parking people - from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Afterwards NE and I might be going to eat at HuHots (with my gift card.)

I'm hopeful today was the last day Walgreen's has their candy on sale 2/$1 .... $3.89 gone again. Sigh.

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Talked to my grandma tonight and found out my brother has been interviewing for a different position. If he gets it I have the feeling that will put a crimp on him having vacation time to be able to come out here in September. Supposedly it's a good bit more money and he won't have to move. They came to him.

5 Responses to “Fun Afternoon :)”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
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    I'm glad you had such a good time. I think my youngest helped with that kind of thing with Girl Scouts one year. It feels good to help!

  2. My English Castle Says:
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    It sounds like a fun afternoon. That awareness that you're doing something for someone else--especially in a group--is really mood lightening.

  3. scottish girl Says:
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    That does sound fun.

  4. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Thanks all. It did feel good Smile

  5. CB in the City Says:
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    Maybe you should volunteer at a food bank. I went along with a friend of mine once, and it was a similar experience.

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