Here's a number I can't stop thinking about this week.
Twenty-five.
That's how many of each item we still need to finish our Thanksgiving boxes for local families.
Twenty-five bags of potatoes.
Twenty-five boxes of stuffing.
Twenty-five cans of cranberry sauce.
It doesn't sound like much... until you picture twenty-five kitchen tables in Grant County that might stay a little emptier this Thanksgiving without them.
What's going in the boxes
These boxes go to larger families who could use some help putting a real Thanksgiving dinner on the table. Here's what we still need, 25 of each:
5-pound bags of potatoes
Stuffing
Cranberry sauce
Green beans
Sweet potatoes
Gravy packets
Corn
Marshmallows (because what's a sweet potato without them?)
Cream of mushroom soup
Pies
Please get donations to us by Wednesday, November 18. That's the day the boxes go out.
You can drop them off at the Mission, 111 S. Texas St., Monday through Friday, 9 am to 1 pm.
Neighbors are already stepping up
This week, one neighbor emailed to ask what we still needed. A few days later, she'd already bought potatoes, stuffing and gravy for seven families.
That's how it works around here.
Nobody has to do it all.
Somebody grabs a few extra cans at the store. Somebody else picks up a pie. A church group fills a whole box.
And by the time the 18th rolls around, twenty-five families have Thanksgiving dinner.
Can't shop? You can still help.
Volunteer for Thanksgiving dinner at the Mission on Thursday, November 26.
Give online, and we'll buy whatever is still missing: https://help.silvercitygospelmission.org/HelpWorkWithUs?type=give
Sign up to help with a meal: https://help.silvercitygospelmission.org/HelpWorkWithUs?type=meal
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Thank you for being the kind of community that takes care of its own.
-Randy Salars
P.S. If you're at the grocery store this week anyway, toss one extra can of cranberry sauce or a bag of potatoes in the cart. It's the easiest way I know to change somebody's Thanksgiving.