08/20/2015
Thank You Lauren, Steve and THE NINES for the opportunity to donate to a great cause. We hope the shirts make someones day a little better :-)
Last February at Market in Las Vegas, I had piles of nice tote bags given to me by all of the vendors I buy from at Market. I told my co-workers Uni and Madi, I wish there was something good we could do with these bags since we had no room in our suitcases to take them home with us.
I suddenly remembered the last market trip when I had brought Sheila and Uni and we walked the Las Vegas strip the night before the show. There was a pregnant homeless woman asking for money and I bent down to give her a few bucks and smiled at her. That’s it, we are going to fill these bags with things for the homeless people in Las Vegas!
I know these bags will probably not get them off the streets, but I do remember how nice a granola bar tasted after being hungry during Army Basic Training. When you haven’t showered in days, you’ve been walking for miles in the heat, and you don’t have much to eat, little things like a granola bar or a card from a loved one that says “I love you” are the things that help keep you going.
That’s what these bags were for. We filled over 30 totes with granola bars and other nonperishable snacks given from Central Market, shirts donated by Detroit Lakes T-Shirt Company, wet wipes, hand-written inspirational quotes, and other little items to help them on their journey.
“Your job is not to judge. Your job is not to figure out if someone deserves something. Your job is to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, and to heal the hurting.”
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