The Spirit of Christmas

"For somehow, not only at Christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you."  John Greenleaf Whittier.

 I wish everyone could experience the love that these volunteers feel for the cause they work so hard for.  You can just see it at every meeting, every fundraiser and every conversation where all they talk about is what they are doing next to help someone.  This picture is the prime example of that love.  These volunteers work all year long collecting stuffed toys to give out at the parade.  As the parade draws closer they look at the bags of toys and stress if they think they won't have enough to give out throughout the parade route.  So when you see them in this years parade give a cheer of encouragement to these volunteers who care so much for the children in their community.    

Let's Do the Math

One great cause + dozens of women who like to help out + two cute helpers to count, organize, and pack = 21 boxes of school supplies for the students of Morgan and Scott Counties

On Tuesday, October 23rd, we received 21 boxes of school supplies donated by the women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Tennessee Nashville Stake.  The value of the donations is estimated at over $1500.

Their goal was to collect enough supplies to create 200 school kits.  They exceeded their goal by collecting:

249 composition books

319 boxes of crayons

206 bottles of glue

209 erasers

596 glue sticks

203 plastic pencil boxes

200 pencil sharpeners

578 pencils

275 pocket folders

200 pairs of scissors

213 spiral-bound notebooks

2000+ pens

A HUGE thank you to the Relief Society in Nashville!