This is the second year of helping the less fortunate. My humble beginning of making sack lunches and baking treats has now flourished into a full ministry that continues to expand. More and more volunteers are getting involved. I am learning new things like networking. This year, I received my driver’s license and thus can drive myself to participate in the store pick-ups.
We found places that are willing to share their surplus/leftovers to start our own Mini Community Pantry. It took a lot of patience and humility. A great deal of time was spent waiting untill their customers were done picking their share. The items were few. It gradually grew into more products to hand out and we purchased our first freezer.
This year brought the devastating Thomas Fire and with it our first successful relief effort.
The weekly sack lunches continue. We are expanding to two locations which are North Hills and Thousand Oaks. This requires designated weekly volunteers. I am still an integral part and help with sack lunches and baking cupcakes which are included in the sack lunches for special occasions.
I have been creating encouraging notes that are included in the items we hand out.
The Thomas Fire devastated our area. As a relief effort, we collected clothing to benefit the fire victims.
