Day 57- Stamp out Hunger

Today's kindness was super easy thanks to our local postal worker- We slipped some soup into the mailbox, and that was it!

On Saturday, May 14, Campbell Soup Company will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) to Stamp Out Hunger across America in order to provide assistance to the rapidly increasing number of Americans who are struggling with hunger.

Now in its 19th year, the Stamp Out Hunger effort is the nation's largest single-day food drive. In 2010, a record-setting total of 77.1 million pounds of food was donated, which brought the grand total of donations to more than one billion pounds of food collected over the history of the drive.

http://www.helpstampouthunger.com/

Day 56- Freecycle

I have been on a cleaning binge lately... while cleaning out our kitchen, I found several extra stainless steel bottles that have seen better days, extra rice that was coming up on it's expiration, and lots of organic tea that was also getting close to it's date.  Instead of throwing them away, or letting them expire, I decided to post to my local freecycle network to see if anyone was interested.  It never fails to surprise me what people want and need!

"Our mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community."

Please visit www.freecycle.org to find a group near you!

Day 55- Pick it Up

Trash, that is.  While Isaac and I were out shopping, there was a lot of trash that was bugging me.  So, we picked it up, and put it in it's proper place- the trash can.  Then we washed our hands, and got on with our day leaving the shopping center a cleaner place :)

Day 54- Grocery Assistance

While out shopping for groceries, my favorite past time (LOL), there was a lady struggling to reach the top shelf.  Maybe it was the look I gave her, but she let me squeeze in there and grab her ice cream bars for her.  She was pretty excited.  It was nice having something random come up where I was able to help someone, in some small way :)

Day 53- Free Frosty?

Who doesn't love a nice cold frosty after a hot summer day at the park?  Anyone??  Well, it gets even better!  How about a free frosty, and it benefits the community! 

Right now, participating Wendy's have the cutest frosty key chain tag (for $1 donation) that gets you a free frosty (with any purchase) through the end of October!  Since Isaac loves their chicken sandwiches (the only chicken he'll eat, in fact) we go there a lot :)  It seems like each location has different community organizations benefiting from the sale- ours is the Salvation Army.  I think this is a great idea, and I love that Wendy's is so community focused.

Thanks Wendy's, we'll be seeing you soon! ;)

Day 52- Give me your blood!

One of our local church's held a blood drive this past week, and since I know I'm not able to donate, I found someone who was- my husband Chris! 

 

Benefits of Donating It feels great to donate! You get free juice and cookies. It's something you can spare – most people have blood to spare... yet, there is still not enough to go around. You will help ensure blood is on the shelf when needed – most people don't think they'll ever need blood, but many do. You will be someone's hero – in fact, you may help as many as three people with just one donation. (www.redcrossblood.org)

Chris was eligible to use their machine, which equals more donations!  All types of donations are great- to learn more, please visit: Types of Donations American Red Cross

Day 51- Atlanta History Center

Isaac & I were able to take advantage of National Public Garden's Day at the Atlanta History Center.  The History Center is so beautiful, and has a ton of great exhibits.  All I heard from Isaac all day was, 'this is AWESOME!' over and over again ;)

Since it was so awesome and we got in free, we made a small donation while inside.




If you are in the area, highly recommend!

We also got a pretty good workout in walking through all the gardens!