Hurricane Irene & Schools

Hi Friends,

Just a short post. I've been really really REALLY busy with shoes.

We survived hurricane Irene. Lost power at 11pm on Saturday evening and had none on Sunday until 9:30pm. We lost some lunch meat and a few frozen peas....

We gained some good family game time, everyone out doing clean-up of their yards, an ice cream party galore, a glow stick party in the evening and some really great grilling from neighbors. Love those peas!!!!

The warehouse that has been donated to me was fine and so was our home. No structural damage at either location.

I've been busy working with getting many Howard County Schools and churches on board with collecting. I'm also looking forward to working with the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts. I'm inundated with shoes and quite frankly... I LOVE IT.

Just the other day, Danny from the Tasty T-Shirt company offered to help me out with pallets, boxes and shrink wrap. I made those famous chocolate chip cookies for him today as a thank you. Since the oven is working now... I can do that and I really appreciate his pleasant attitude and willingness to help show me the how and why of a warehouse.

So... I'm a busy woman. No school today for the first day of school due to lack of electricity.

Please keep others who are still without power and their needs not being met in your thoughts. Treat others the way you would want to be treated.

Hugs
Rachel