SUCCESSFULL PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE

It has been a busy last few days getting everything collected, organized, and packed BUT we had a successful trip down to the Mission Warehouse in Kentucky. Thursday afternoon my brother took me to Sam’s club and we picked up $500.00 worth of baby formula which was identified by the mission. We loaded up the trailor Friday morning with supplies donated from churches and people around home for relief efforts and some supplies for the Miriam Center and baby orphanage. When we left home we had ¾ of a trailor full of supplies. We stopped to meet up with one of my supervisors from Cincinnati children’s when we arrived in Cincinnati. She brought peanut butter that she collected and therapy handouts that the therapists and their students at Fairfield collected for me. Our final stop Friday night was at Maryann and Ken’s house (The family I stayed with when I was living in Cincinnati) where we picked up over 1,000lbs of peanut butter that was collected at 3 different schools in the Cincinnati Area (a preschool, high school, and middle school). We had a packing party Friday night. This morning we headed down to the warehouse and unloaded all the supplies. The bay we were unloading into was full of relief supplies  As we unloaded we counted how many approximately 700 jars of peanut butter weighing approximately 1,400lbs. As I type now we are driving back to Cincinnati where we are going to spend another night visiting with Maryann and Ken.

I would like to say a few special thank you’s to….
* My Mom and Dad for all their hard work helping me collect supplies, load them up, driving down to Kentucky, and for all their support.
*Maryann for coming up with the slogan “Spread the Love” and for coordinating the 3 peanut butter drives in Cincinnati
*For Emily Bailey and her mom who coordinated the collection of a ton of supplies and peanut butter
*Stephanie Junker for coordinating the peanut butter drive at Harrison Elementary school.

Thank you to everyone who donated supplies, money, and lifted this collection up in their prayers!












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