tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144627286310639203.post8156258488649971032..comments2023-09-08T09:04:50.739-04:00Comments on Good To Be Crazy: Living in AtlantaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07381702897593875737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144627286310639203.post-71219347494203306422010-03-17T21:16:46.759-04:002010-03-17T21:16:46.759-04:00I am in awe and inspired by the two of you. The t...I am in awe and inspired by the two of you. The thing Tom and I try to remember is that people “in need”, need “things” (food, clothing, kitchen items, household items, etc.) all year, not just at holidays. While your cash donations are a wonderful thing and certainly always welcome, don’t forget many people need very basic items. When you clean out a kitchen utensil drawer or purchase new items for your house (sheets, towels, pots, pans, etc.) there are many people without even the basics. Those donations are always welcome and greatly appreciated at battered women’s shelters (many have to leave home with only the clothes on their and their children’s backs), crisis control and many other charities. Our favorite charity, as you know, is the Exchange/SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) and Exchange/CAP (Child Abuse Prevention) centers that are located all over the country (there are 3 in Georgia, but unfortunately none in the Atlanta area). Goodwill is a wonderful place to donate clothes, but Tom and I like to give our clothes, household items, etc. to charities that can give them to families that truly need them at no cost. We do however, go to Goodwill as often as we can and purchase “like new” children’s clothing, coats and shoes to donate to SCAN. <br /><br />I love reading your blog and all the wonderful things you and your family are doing. Enjoy all the volunteer work all of you are doing, they say you will receive more than you will ever give…and it is true. You are teaching your children wonderful life lessons that will become some of their favorite childhood memories.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829019390886709664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144627286310639203.post-29088382232857730432010-03-17T11:40:56.061-04:002010-03-17T11:40:56.061-04:00Great post! Reminds me of what I did for several ...Great post! Reminds me of what I did for several years in a row when I lived in Knoxville. Every Christmas, I would buy a large amount of toys and candy and wrap each of them up. I would go to the local trailer park where many poor people lived, and knock on each door and ask them how many kids they had and give them that number of presents. That was always a FUN time for me - seeing the reaction of the people. Of course, I put one of those Chick Gospel tracts in each present as I wrapped it.Joshua Goodlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810185448336409141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144627286310639203.post-62510493659256783472010-03-17T09:31:53.126-04:002010-03-17T09:31:53.126-04:00One reader sent this to me separately but gave me ...One reader sent this to me separately but gave me permission to repost here. I think everyone knows at least one single mom and chances are they could use some help whether they are asking for it or not.<br /><br />"We support alot of people and organizations but the group that is often overlooked and is closest to my heart are the single mothers. God continues to bring them into our life. Their needs are overwhelming usually and never ending. $, food, $, a listening ear, child care, etc. <br />Our community group helped paint this one mother's house and get it fixed up so that she can sell the house."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381702897593875737noreply@blogger.com