1st Annual Erie Commons Food Drive...SUCCESS!!!

Can you believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner?? It's that time of year where most people gather around a table full of family recipes and mouth watering treats but during these difficult economic times, some are unable to enjoy this luxury. This year, Becky and I wanted to give back to the community that has given us so much this past year.

We held our 1st Annual Erie Commons Food Drive the week of November 10th and picked up bags on Friday, November 14th. Both myself and Becky Coet were like 2 proud parents when we started collecting on Friday.

House after house had the bag we had provided and some had even added additional bags to their donation. We couldn't believe how generous our neighbors were. We had a feeling they were wonderful but this event truly showed the spirit of our wonderful community. We even found out that Blackrock Elementary School and 9News were holding their own food drives so we had an amazing response even with the "competition". It was fun driving around the community shouting "there's one!" or "stop the car, there's a bag!" It was great. I even had the pleasure of hanging out of the back of her car so we could move quicker.

We decided to donate to Sister Carmen Community Center in Lafayette and when we arrived with 2 car loads of food, I think I may have seen the manager of the food bank's jaw drop. I wanted to just hug everyone that was there helping us unload our cars. Now I think I know how Santa feels. The community center was busier than I could have imagined and it was great to be a part of making someone's holiday a little more enjoyable.

During the weekend we received an email telling us that we had donated 799lbs. Becky even received a few calls after Friday which added about 5 more bags to the donation, needless to say, our 1st food drive was a complete success!! Over 800 lbs. of food in just one community, we couldn't have imagined a better way to start this tradition.

We want to send our deepest

"THANK YOU"

to each and every member of our community for their generosity. Our efforts would have meant nothing if it hadn't been for our community coming together to help others.

We look forward to continuing this tradition in Erie Commons and can't wait to see how much more we can help others during this time of year (and possibly others).

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!!

Heidi :)