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Published: November 17th 2009
Just a peek in one of the bread
boxes. There were probably some pastries in there someplace!(Camp Tejas)
Our tour day this week was to help at the food pantry at the Baptist Church in Giddings. We arrived about 8:30, and there were probably 50 people already in line, even though the food distributing didn’t start until 10, and the people had already been prequalified as far as who would get food. The first day they were going to pass out 300 baskets (meaning shopping carts!) and then Saturday they’d give out the rest. The food they had came from an area food bank, where it was purchased for 10c a pound. We were stationed at different tasks~~I helped pass out the desserts, others packed bags with beans, rice, canned vegetables, 10# of chicken (rather than turkey, because they were afraid the turkey wouldn’t be handled properly, and cause sickness), 2# of hamburger, fresh fruit and vegetables, lots of different kinds of bread, toothpaste (!), and then they came to us! Many of the cakes were decorated for birthdays, or Halloween, or just decorated, but without words. We also had lots of day old donuts, cookies, brownies, pies, cupcakes, sweet bread, and other pastries. I guess they usually don’t have this many pastries, and the
Looking into the shed where they
were packing the baskets. The blue plastic bags were packed with rice & beans. Green fruit & veggies and meat was packed in red bags. Someone had to check and make sure each box had the right number of bags before they got put in the baskets and received their breads and pastries. people were so excited to get them! One of the high points of my morning was being able to give a fully-decorated (read that as
really pink) Barbie cake! She couldn’t have grinned bigger! One woman asked if we had a decorated cake for her grandson’s birthday~~and we had one with Spiderman on it! It was one of those mornings that I will never forget. We passed out 300 baskets, and then next day they passed out 140 more. They expect a bigger crowd next month. It was very humbling. I have such respect for the people who do that every month, because there was a lot of work that had already been done when we got there, and then they packed the other 140 baskets after we left.
Saturday Bob and I went to Austin and toured the Capital, and looked around the area. They have quite a few people in Austin….QUITE a few!
Jane is doing well, now she just has to be careful until her incision heals, and get rest as long as her body needs it. It’s been two weeks Wednesday since she broke it…another reminder of how quickly things can change.
This
The baked goods, breads & pastries,
came in these huge boxes which then had to be unpacked. is short, but I’m going to post so I can add another with pictures of the camp before my girls send nasty-grams to me! It’s coming, girls!
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bev
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It is great that you could assist at the pantry. Humbling to understand the great need for food in the land of plenty. We are going to work at the Shelter Thanksgiving morning doing food prep. Wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving!!