Birthday Bags

Last night, some of the folks from our community group went to Grace Works to help with their food distribution. They receive donations this time of year and they need to sort them by food type (i.e. green beans with green beans, soups with soups, etc.). One of the interesting things was that they had recently received a large number of birthday bags with everything included in them to throw a birthday party for a child. Wow. Talk about hitting home. One of the other guys was really moved at the thought of someone not being able to throw their child a birthday party. It is always interesting to me what moves different people. I have worked in food places like this (Nashville Rescue Mission, Second Harvest, Feed the Children) in the past and what seems to get me the most is that what many would consider just a can of beans, some consider a precious resource. It makes you think twice before you waste food at the house.