So Much to Be Thankful For...

Here's an idea! When you are celebrating Thanksgiving with your family & friends, ask everyone to bring an item for the Food Pantry! You don't even have to be the host to organize this - just ask whoever is!

You can either drop your donation off for the Omaha Food Bank at the Bates' (13020 Old Cherry Road) by Monday, December 1st or you can donate it to the bank of your choice. (My family's donation went to the Syracuse & Burr Food Banks last year.)

We collected over 250 lbs of food for the Omaha Food Bank last year!

I hear those J-I-N-G-L-E Bells!

We will be Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army on Saturday, November 29th between 11am & 5pm at the Bag 'N' Save at 114th & Dodge. The Red Kettle Christmas Campaign is the Salvation Army's most prominent fundraiser & helps them to provide food, toys, and clothing to over 6 million people during the holiday season.

Check out the picture of Emily & Me doing our Bell Ringing last year...after hours of entertaining ourselves singing songs & with dance off's, I might have done a too complicated move & fell into the doors. Don't worry - it got bigger donations from the people that saw!