Throughout December, folks brought offerings of canned goods for Greensboro Urban Ministry's Food Bank to drop-off locations in Sunset Hills (and Historic Aycock). Through December 27th, three trailer loads totalling 2,557 pounds of canned goods had been collected and taken to Urban Ministry. More keeps coming, too.Two boxes, one marked "Joy" and the other (shown above) "Love" stood out. Nightly, neighbors emptied the food collection bins. Lots and lots of small bags holding a few cans told us that it wasn't 10 persons each bringing 255 pounds who filled the bins, but rather it was many, many folks bringing their five loaves and two fishes.
Pat Spain, Food Distribution Director for Greensboro Urban Ministry, thanks the Friends of Lighted Christmas Balls for keeping the needy at heart. Supplying food for the needy, the elderly, little children and those down on their luck would not be possible without the support of so many in this community.
Truly, in this life, we get to keep what we give away. Thank you Greensboro for giving.
Thank you for the gorgeous display in your neighborhood. Driving through just gives us such a wonderful sense of community. A whole neighborhood working together to create such an awesome experience; that is truly what this holiday season is about. I am happy to say that we have bought our supplies and will be creating our lighted Christmas balls all year long to prepare!
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