I’m sitting here tired and sore. Today was the day we sorted food… canned goods, dry goods, etc… for the annual Kiwanis food drive. And before you ask, no, I’m not a member… but I know some. Hence my reason for helping out with the food drive.
Let me tell ya… sorting food is back breaking work. This year I was at the soup station. Kids, from a local alternative school, took the food from the very large pile in the center of the room and sorted it according to type by using shopping carts to move around to various stations where they left off cans from their cart o’ goods. From experience I can say… people like to donate soup. I stood there, loading cans into boxes, counting, and numbering said boxes for a good 4 and a half or five hours. Then, after the sorting, after the huge pile was gone, and after the kids left, we went to each station doing master counts adding up the numbers labeled on each of the boxes. Loading those boxes and moving them around made me want to buy stock in Doans Pills. Isn’t that the sore back medication? I can’t remember, I’ve never used it.
I ‘m really not complaining… much. Just tired and sore. But you know… this year was a banner year for donations. Over 18,000 items. Pretty cool. It makes me feel good to be a part of it. Knowing there are families in need out there who will be getting the fruits of all that labor today. I’m sore… but it’s worth it. It always is. Can of soup anyone?
