THANK YOU

Today at the WitKids' Thanksgiving Food Drive I spoke with a little boy, "J", who came with his family to pick up donations:

J- "Where does all this food come from?"

Me- "Well, there was a group of kids that decided all kids should have a Thanksgiving dinner, so they organized a food drive, and kids and people from all over made donations."

J- (long pause...smile) "So, they were being generous?"

Me-"Yes...you could say that."

J- (long pause...eyes widened...big smile) "So, they are like the Rainbow Fish that shared all his scales. He was generous."

Me- (high-fives) "Wow! That's so true!"

As J and I kept talking, I continued to think about the connection he had made to the book The Rainbow Fish and his word choice..."generous".

Thanks to the generosity of WitFans & WitKids, all families (at least 40 kids) received a turkey, a box full of Thanksgiving dinner supplies, and a week's supply of groceries. Each box was decorated with art work by WitKids from different schools in San Diego.

There are so many generous people and businesses that did Whatever It Takes to make this WitKid Thanksgiving Food Drive a success. Thank you....

Caffe Italia-

Thank you for letting us have our WitKid donation box at the caffe for 3 days! Locals, make sure you stop by the caffe for one of their signature drinks...delicious!

Albertson's 14th Street-

Those of you living and/or working downtown I encourage you to do your grocery shopping at this great store. The manager, Tommy, helped us stay on budget and get turkeys for our families. If you see Tommy while you're shopping, thank him for helping the WitKids. He really did Whatever It Takes!. (D- your generous donation provided the turkeys!)

(Me and Tommy + a cart full of turkeys!)

City of Refuge-

I'm often amazed at how much this organization does for San Diego's homeless and families in need. When I was teaching, City of Refuge helped many of my students get food and clothing. When I needed their help yesterday...once again they delivered! Last night I asked for extra groceries, and when I showed up today there were bags ready for me. Thank you! All WitFans...City of Refuge welcomes your donations of clothing, furniture, etc.. They will even come to your house and pick it up!

Go Postal!

Your donation guaranteed that all the kids had pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dessert! I think the kids were most excited about seeing that yummy pie in their box.

There are many of you out there that anonymously contributed and dropped food in our WitKid box. Thank you! (We especially enjoyed the brown bags that were decorated with Thanksgiving messages and full of goodies.)

The 2009 WitKids' Thanksgiving Food Drive was a success because all the WitFans & WitKids worked together and did Whatever It Takes!

Thank you for your generosity...

Keep doing Whatever It Takes,

Miss Hernholm