re donations for the holidays ect....

[Guest guest]

i was reading all your letter re;donations-nice to se that you all as a group

try and do this.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO IT'S GOOD-BUT I READ THE LETTER ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO

FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND IT IS TRUE THEY ARE FORGOTTEN

4 YEARS AGO I WAS IN THAT SPOT -I HAD BEEN ILL AND HDN'T WORKED IN OVER SIX

MONTHS-WENT THROUGH WHAT LITTLE SAVING I HAD PUT AWAY-I WENT FROM MAKING

800 A WEEK TO NOTHING-ZIP-BECAUSE OF MY YEARLY INCOME I QUALIFIED FOR

NOTHING.

OF COURSE WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS-MY FATHER DIED MY MOM HAD A HEART ATTACK I

COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON---WE ALWAYS HAD A HUG XMAS EVE BUT 5 MEMBERS OF

MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY DIED THAT YEAR CAN YOU IMAGINE??? IT WAS ME AND MOM-WE

COULDN'T PAY THE HOUSE TAXES OR ELECTRIC OR PHONE-WE WERE LIVING ON 310

DOLLARS A MONTH-HER SOCIAL SECURITY.I REMEMBER XMAS EVE IT WAS SO SAD WE SAT

THERE AND ATE MAC/AND CHEESES FROM THE FOOD SHELTER-I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW

WHERE I WAS I WAS SO OUT OF IT--SO REMEMBER JUST CAUSE SOMEONE HAS A HOUSE

DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE OK--ILIKE THE NEIGHBOR THING--IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS

SICK OR OUT OF WORK-BRING THEM FOOD-WHEN IT ALL CAME DOWN TO IT THATS WHAT

YOU HAVE TO HAVE.SOMEOE SENT ME CASH MONEY IN A XMAS CARD WITH NO NAME 250

DOLLARS AND I NEVER FORGOT THAT.PAY IT FORWARD.SHOVEL SOMEONES DRIVEWAY-

TAKE THEM OUT TO LUNCH-TELL THEM THERE WAS A 2 FOR ONE SPECIAL AT THE

SUPERMARKET OR EVEN JUST CALL ON THE PHONE.

I WAS HEAD OF THIS HOUSEHOL FOR SO LONG AND THE QUILT THAT I FELT THAT XMAS I

WILL NEVER FORGET-WHY DID I HAVE TO GET SICK ECT....WITHOUT THE FOOD SHELTER

AND THE KIND PEOPLE WHO HELPED OUT AND THERE WEREN'T MANY WE SURVIVED AND I

ARRY THAT IT MY HART TO THIS DAY.

PAY IT FORWARD--------------------------------------------------------------

NOW WHENEVER I HEAR ABOUT SOMEON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN TROUBLE I DO THINGS

WITHOUT THEM EVEN KNOWING IT WAS ME..............LYNN

[Guest guest]

Lynn- funny you should say that. I remember my parents telling me, when I

was about 6, it ws Christams time. My dad had been laid off from work. He

had quit school in 6th grade to support his family ( he was the oldest of 9

kids and his dad was a drunk) so he didnt have much of an education. Anyway-

he was laid off from a good job and he was over qualified for most jibs and

under educated for a bunch of others there was no money for rent, food etc-

no way was there money for Christmas. And a card came in the mail with $250

cash in it with no name or address. That money made a huge difference in our

family. My father never forgot it- and he always did things for

others-quietly, til he passed away at 76 years old.

Jill

On 11/20/05, lynn8953 <lynn8953@...> wrote:

>

> i was reading all your letter re;donations-nice to se that you all as a

> group try and do this.

> NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO IT'S GOOD-BUT I READ THE LETTER ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO

>

> FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND IT IS TRUE THEY ARE FORGOTTEN

> 4 YEARS AGO I WAS IN THAT SPOT -I HAD BEEN ILL AND HDN'T WORKED IN OVER

> SIX

> MONTHS-WENT THROUGH WHAT LITTLE SAVING I HAD PUT AWAY-I WENT FROM MAKING

> 800 A WEEK TO NOTHING-ZIP-BECAUSE OF MY YEARLY INCOME I QUALIFIED FOR

> NOTHING.

> OF COURSE WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS-MY FATHER DIED MY MOM HAD A HEART ATTACK

> I

> COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON---WE ALWAYS HAD A HUG XMAS EVE BUT 5 MEMBERS OF

> MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY DIED THAT YEAR CAN YOU IMAGINE??? IT WAS ME AND MOM-WE

>

> COULDN'T PAY THE HOUSE TAXES OR ELECTRIC OR PHONE-WE WERE LIVING ON 310

> DOLLARS A MONTH-HER SOCIAL SECURITY.I REMEMBER XMAS EVE IT WAS SO SAD WE

> SAT

> THERE AND ATE MAC/AND CHEESES FROM THE FOOD SHELTER-I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW

> WHERE I WAS I WAS SO OUT OF IT--SO REMEMBER JUST CAUSE SOMEONE HAS A HOUSE

>

> DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE OK--ILIKE THE NEIGHBOR THING--IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS

>

> SICK OR OUT OF WORK-BRING THEM FOOD-WHEN IT ALL CAME DOWN TO IT THATS WHAT

>

> YOU HAVE TO HAVE.SOMEOE SENT ME CASH MONEY IN A XMAS CARD WITH NO NAME 250

>

> DOLLARS AND I NEVER FORGOT THAT.