Today I walked door to door with some girls from my softball team and we collected canned goods for a food pantry. We carried a box along with us that was full within an hour. It was surprisingly easy to collect food from strangers we had never met before. I was uneasy at first about going from home to home asking people to give food away in this hard economic time. However, it soon occurred to me that no matter what, the overall generosity of others is great.
So many times I hear bad stories and unfortunate events on the news. It tends to give off a negative image of the public because all the news focuses on is manly the bad things. What they fail to mention is how much more good is out there. We knocked on many, many doors and we only turned down by those who weren't home and couldn't answer the door. Others immediately went to check their pantries and often times came with multiple items to donate.
There are families everywhere that struggle to put food on the table. The things that others can donate makes their Thanksgivings and overall holiday seasons much happier. It is a good feeling to know that others are caring and willing to help out those less fortunate. If you have extra canned good or other non-perishable food items donate them to a local pantry and help make someone else's holiday a little better.
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