Bluebird
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I am very tired right now. I came home early this morning from SirGawain’s to take DarkKnight to work. I then went straight to the storage unit and loaded up 6 totes full of coats, along with 2 bags. I brought those home, climbed onto the couch and then matched up a donor who had a set of bunk beds with a mom who just got custody of a four year little girl who has been snuggled up with her daughter. It was great to be able to be the bridge to help them out!
We gave away a TON of coats and winter gear this afternoon, as I had five more totes in the shed. I also chatted with a ton of people - I had lots of moms snagging coats for their little ones, and also seniors dropping off letters.
I had some drama today from an ex of someone we are sponsoring - she contacted me to slander his name, saying he is an addict and actively using and missing work. Only, she didn’t actually know where he worked, and he just got out of rehab and was tested this week. When I thanked her for her message but said that we were going to continue to assist him in getting tools for his new job (he’s a mechanic) she went nuts and started posting all over Facebook that I am a scammer. Sigh. Almost all of the pages where she was posting (free yard sale sites) took down her diatribe. Her point was that by helping me help “junkies,” people were taking support from those who deserved it.
This went over not so well. For her. The end was result was that the ENTIRE wish list for this gentleman was covered in full, and many people reached out, thanking me for helping those struggling with recovery.
I’m not even sure what she was hoping to achieve.
Anyway, it was a great day and I accomplished a lot. It was tiring though. I am going to be taking the day off tomorrow, as I usually do on Fridays, but I will be working on the Senior Santa letters, as tomorrow is the sign up deadline. I’ve so far matched up 45 letters with 60 sponsors (some letters asked for a lot and I split those up), and I have around 65 sponsors still to match up! They’re all waiting patiently, thank goodness. I have letters to input into the spreadsheet still, but I’m only one person. Lol
We gave away a TON of coats and winter gear this afternoon, as I had five more totes in the shed. I also chatted with a ton of people - I had lots of moms snagging coats for their little ones, and also seniors dropping off letters.
I had some drama today from an ex of someone we are sponsoring - she contacted me to slander his name, saying he is an addict and actively using and missing work. Only, she didn’t actually know where he worked, and he just got out of rehab and was tested this week. When I thanked her for her message but said that we were going to continue to assist him in getting tools for his new job (he’s a mechanic) she went nuts and started posting all over Facebook that I am a scammer. Sigh. Almost all of the pages where she was posting (free yard sale sites) took down her diatribe. Her point was that by helping me help “junkies,” people were taking support from those who deserved it.
This went over not so well. For her. The end was result was that the ENTIRE wish list for this gentleman was covered in full, and many people reached out, thanking me for helping those struggling with recovery.
I’m not even sure what she was hoping to achieve.
Anyway, it was a great day and I accomplished a lot. It was tiring though. I am going to be taking the day off tomorrow, as I usually do on Fridays, but I will be working on the Senior Santa letters, as tomorrow is the sign up deadline. I’ve so far matched up 45 letters with 60 sponsors (some letters asked for a lot and I split those up), and I have around 65 sponsors still to match up! They’re all waiting patiently, thank goodness. I have letters to input into the spreadsheet still, but I’m only one person. Lol