Wow, this week has been a busy week! (I'm sort of glad I have yet to receive a phone call to substitute because I'm not sure I would have had time to this week!)
I am so thankful for the busyness of this week because most of it involved Hailey's Hope and all of the amazing things we have going on!
This week our mailbox was overflowing with mail for Hailey's Hope, and it seemed like every day packages awaited us at our doorstep. I spent a lot of time receiving donations, updating and organizing our inventory, and writing thank you cards. We received donations from friends and strangers and started to receive some of the items purchased with our portion of the Pepsi Refresh grant.
This week my Project Sweet Peas inbox was also full of emails from people expressing their sympathies for our loss and their encouragement of our project as well as from people asking what we need and where they can send their donations. I enjoyed every minute of reading and responding to those much appreciated emails, many from old friends and strangers.
And of course, I devoted quite a few hours to creating coin collection jars for Hailey's Hope and then going to local businesses asking if they would be willing to set them out by their registers for us. This was my first attempt at reaching out to the local community for support (it was a little nerve-racking!), and I'm so thankful for the 7 businesses who so kindly agreed to do this for us. I will collect the jars at the end of October and hopefully they will be full of donations for us!
I've also been working on some smaller items of business for Hailey's Hope & Project Sweet Peas, but I won't get into all the minor details - you get the idea.
This week's busyness has come as such as blessing, and the outpouring of donations and support this week has been AMAZING! I can't wait to get our bags into the hands of the families who so greatly need them!
To everyone who has shown their support to us this week:
"...May the Lord reward you for your kindness..." Ruth 1:8
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