November - All About Food (Giving Back #2)

Our second opportunity to give back,

in the month of November,

was via the USO at our 

local Air Force Base.

USO Turkeys!!

Bare with me on this one...

the hubs received an email from someone

else from within the city

regarding a need at the USO for 

food for Thanksgiving.

Apparently there are quite a few 

airmen on base that

are in need.

And the holidays are especially hard

(as you all know).

So I JUMPED at this!!

The USO had provided a wish list,

I immediately called the contact

on the email and started asking questions!!

They had received an overwhelming amount of support

from the community but still 

had a need for 

12 turkeys and 

15+ boxes of instant mashed potatoes.

So I put the word out to our local 

homeschool group

(TEACH)

and also received an overwhelming response!

Especially when I told them

that Harris Teeter

(my favorite grocery store in the country!!)

was running a special on turkeys

and would allow me to purchase

as many as we needed

at their sale price,

which came out to be about $5/turkey!

I was THRILLED!

I waltzed into Harris Teeter with 

our money...

and due to a "computer glitch"

walked out of HT

with 

14 turkeys

and 

20 boxes of instant potatoes

for $75!!!

Then we rode right on over to 

the News-Argus,

a prearranged drop off location,

and met up with the USO volunteers who

organized the food drive...

popped open the back of the beast

and delivered all of this!

Thanks completely to my fellow homeschoolers!!