Our Stash for the Local Homeless is Almost Complete

It won't be long before we pass along what we've been making since last winter. One of our "invisible" members (those who work at home and drop their items off to us) dropped off 300 hats this weekend to me. They went inside (all 9 thirteen-gallon bags of them!), added to those already stashed in one of my closets.

In a couple of weeks, before month end, my "right hand" in the group will stop by with her hubby and they'll pick up over a dozen bags and haul them to the next stop along their route. The gal who gets them at that point will divvy them up between the two priests who then hand them out directly to local NV homeless.

There are lots of places to give these things to, but when I began this group back in April of '09, my main goal was to do it for here, at home. We have thousands out there on the streets each winter. And even though we do not get the bitter eastern or midwestern or northwestern weather, our nighttime desert cold is c-c-c-cold, especially if you are out on the pavement and unprotected.

We feel so grateful to be able to make a little difference in their lives, provide even just an item or two for them to warm their bods.

Yep, I love seeing this pile of stuffed white plastic bags grow - and I love the gals in our group - without them, none of this would be possible.