Day 4

Today we had very few donations but tons of clients! They kept pouring in through our door, and we were hard pressed to keep track of who had what. Some of them were sad; a young mother and her two year old came in and were so happy to have food. We gave the little girl a cookie from the bakery table and she was ecstatic. My heart went out to them and all the others that came in and seemed to really need our help. It was so wonderful being able to help them, a lot of the time I see people on the streets and on T.V that I wish I could help but can’t. It was a funny day though; a man came in loaded down with groceries and dumped them on the table. Immediately, I started going through them, searching for expiration dates and then placing them in the correct boxes. He’s on his way out when he turns around and pulls out a white tube thing with what looks like a tiny motor. He called out,” Does anyone want a brand new salad spinner?” It was amazing, every person in that place over 60 started reminiscing about the salad spinners in their days and reciting old commercials. It was like that machine brought out a whole new group of people. Somebody ended up taking it home and all in all it was a nice visit.