They come big and small, and in all forms ... last month, we received the check from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation ... this month, it's staple foods for Gospel Mission and The Lord's Rain.
Cobs Bread has an "end of day giving program", where any of its bakemeats (to use the KJV expression) unsold at closing time are given to charities. We have been signed up for the Monday night "pickup" at the new Cobs location in West Vancouver (next to the Safeway just off the Upper Levels in Caulfeild, in what used to be woods where we kids would play while at Caulfeild Elementary School 40+ years ago).
The amazing thing is, when I walked in last Monday night for the first pickup, the shelves were practically full. I was told they have a corporate philosophy that their customers should have a wide selection of product no matter what time of day they walk in ... but I suspect there's also a corporate philosophy to give of their best to people in need.
So as well as using it for our own needs at the services (and it also means people coming to The Lord's Rain will have breakfast goodies, like Danishes, cinnamon rolls and the like), we'll give it away to those who need it.
One of our biggest expenses -- especially at The Lord's Rain at this time of year -- is coffee, and Waves Coffee is coming to the rescue, donating 20 lb of whole bean coffee a month (anyone got a large coffee grinder they're not using?). Barry receives donated coffee from another company for Gospel Mission (up till now, we'd been buying our coffee for The Lord's Rain), but I'm not sure if they want their name mentioned. Neither Cobs nor Waves has said one way or the other, whether they want publicity, so this is me, blowing a horn for them out of gratitude.
(It's an interesting paradox. Some of our contributors have said they don't want their names mentioned -- they're not after publicity. Others say "go ahead", not so much for the publicity, but to encourage others to help out, as well.)
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