Christmas giving

The hostess I had for my Sunday evening candle party is a gem!

She is renting a truck and taking supplies to Vernonia! She also made her candle party a canned food drive. We had planned that before the flooding, and the canned food people brought will now go to Vernonia. I think she is great!

I also gave her some household items to take to them. I have had a queen size air mattress that hasn't been used in years, and none of the charities will take it! I am thinking that if I were in a flood and I had to clean out my house of mud soaked things, the mattress would be the first to go. That mattress is going to Vernonia!

I also included a bunch of children's books and clothing. All of those things that people have owned got tossed into the dump pile because they are no good when they are flooded with muddy toxic water.

I love this kind of initiative and I love joining this kind of initiative. So if anyone in my area has household items or canned food donations that you want to include in her truckload in the next few days, send me a post and we'll get it going.

My understanding is that FEMA has now arrived in Vernonia. Residents have been getting a steady stream of supplies. That is great! From the sidelines, it has been heartwarming to watch the Pacific Northwest rally around this sleepy little community.