Susie's Notes and Pictures
It’s kind of a bring your own fireworks type display and everyone brings a side dish too from the community. Watermelons are in the river getting good and cold and so is the beer. We always have the best time, and the house is booked solid for the whole 3 day weekend.
When my friend Linda Bradshaw was talking about different ways to promote the Ruritan community service clubs she is involved with, we started talking about how she could buy a vendor table space at area vendor shows and create a display with a nice a custom printed tablecloth covered with brochures and flyers, and run a power point presentation on a laptop, or with a projector onto a screen. She’s really excited about her role as Lt Governor and Publicity Chair in the Rapidan Ruritan District of the community service club. I just hope that she gets some help with all of her good ideas and doesn’t end up burnt out from doing all of the work herself!
As a part of giving back to our community this year we have put together a few baskets to donate to families in need. We picked out a few toys to donate to children that don’t have any. We also did a culling of all of the toys in our home to make room for the new ones the kids will get for Christmas. We cleaned out three big bag fulls of toys to donate. The kids were happy to do it because we talk to them about how they can help others and make a difference even though they are so young still.
In addition to the toys we are donating, we’ve also put together food baskets and toiletries for men and women. I used coupons and got a large variety of health and beauty items for free or next to nothing. I always use these items to give to shelters. It seems silly not to take advantage of the sales when there are people in need that can use these things. Each toiletry basket has tooth brushes, tooth paste, body wash, deodorant, as well as a comb and a brush.
We’re taking everything to be donated this afternoon. We enjoy giving back to the community. How does your family or work give back the community you live in?
I went grocery shopping tonight with my husband. I sat in one of those motorized shopping carts and pointed to what I wanted him to get. While we were there we purchased a bunch of food to donate to our local food drive. There was really large bin out in front of the store when we walked in that reminded us to give back. I know not everyone is as fortunate as we are. We always try to give back and help our community out whenever we can.