Companies are willing to give you food and resources if you are willing to be the hands that will give it away. Here is how Mr. Tom does it:
- Stores like Publix and Kroger will give you bread, rolls, doughnuts and muffins to give to the hungry or to residents at Ronald McDonald houses who are far from home.
- Trader Joe’s, Costco, and other stores carrying flowers will give you their tired not-so-fresh plants and arrangements. If you have the gift of selecting, arranging, or even watering, you can bring these beauties to shut-ins, hospital patients, and senior citizens.
- Reading to children in hospitals is a rewarding way to spend an hour or two.
- If you have the time to help, the following organizations would value you greatly for sparing an hour or a day: soup kitchens, adult day care facilities, and youth sports programs in underprivileged neighborhoods.
- Youth sport programs, after school programs, and adult day care programs need teachers, readers, and really great listeners.
- Do you have a special interest like reading or arts and crafts? No matter your interest, someone in your community can benefit from it.
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