Salvation Army-Task 2 cont.

Way back in November, I ran a 10k with one of my cross-country runners.  During the time we were together that day, she talked about how excited she was to be serving a meal at Salvation Army; something she had been doing for one of her classes.  She was excited enough about it that I thought Little Man and I would give it a try.  

Since the holiday season is full of people wanting to serve, we choose February as the month we would give it a try.  I was a bit worried about how Little Man would do standing in one spot serving for an hour, but I figured if we did a one-time commitment then we would not be locked into it.  It was worth a try. 

Upon arriving at the Salvation Army we were instantly greeted by some people waiting in the hallway for dinner to start.  It was a cold night, and I am sure it was more about getting out of the cold then it was about the food that night.  Since I have had a few homeless teens on my caseload, I know that they can not enter the shelters until 6:30 (it was 4:30 when we arrived at the Salvation army). 

Little Man went right to work helping set salt and pepper shakers out on the tables.  Once things were set up people came streaming in at 5:00.  Little Man was in charge of handing out sandwiches.  He was awesome! At 6:00 when dinner service was over, he immediately started cleaning up.  He helped another boy two years older than him put all the chairs away, wipe down the tables and sweep the floors.  I was impressed.  

Since it was late when we left, we stopped for dinner on the way home.  Little Man said that he enjoyed serving dinner and would like to do it again next month.  Now, if I can just get a time scheduled for us, we'll be all set. 

Choices

Do I choose the local cider and elderberry ginger hot cider mix?

 Or do I choose the local mix and Lake Champlain hot chocolate mix? 

Sustainability for February

Last year we let the mother duck try and raise her ducklings when they hatched and not one made it more than 48 hours.  This year we decided we were going to help mother nature out a bit.  As soon as we had a broody duck, we prepped the brooder and had everything ready to go.  Of course they decided to come on a day when the temperatures were -3 during the day.  When Andy went out to give the ducks their water for the night, 7 little ducklings were huddled up in the coop.  All of them were scooped up and are currently living in our kitchen.  I am just hoping it gets warmer before they get too big; ducks grow fast!

Other sustainability tasks completed in January:

1. With Christmas money we bought a new washer since our last one did not spin and thus required two rounds in the dryer.  The new one is awesome!

2. A friend of mine helped me set up an ebay and craigslist account.