Thanksgiving update

I just got back from the food bank after walking for 1 1/2 hours and waiting in line for 3 hours. For all of that I've got almost everything I need to do a nice Thanksgiving day meal. I plan to take some around to some of the other camps in my area because there are a few folks who just do not wish to deal with the churches and shelters for a Thanksgiving day meal. Truthfully, I don't blame them for the most part. The biggest problem with going to one of the churches or shelters or even a street mission is that there will just be too many people. While the people who put on these wonderful dinners should be applauded and congratulated for all the work that they do and the time they invest to help others on holidays like this there are just too many people to deal with.

So with that in mind I started doing a small version of  the Thanksgiving celebration for some of my neighbors who did not go out. Last year I fed 4 other camps nearby and this year it looks to be the same number of camps just different people.

Thanks to the Community Food Pantry for the food box this year and to all of the people who were involved in obtaining and distributing the food.

I hope all of you have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving holiday.

Update

Well I've been kind of busy these last few months and haven't had the time to work on any new posts so instead I'll just ramble for a few minutes here.

We've got Thanksgiving coming up and as I did last year I hope to find enough supplies to make a supper for myself and several of my neighbors. Some of the people around here just don't do the shelters or churches for meals and so when I have the extra I do share. Last year I literally cooked all day over a fire making a turkey and all the fixings. Then we had turkey stew for a couple of days afterward.

I've been pretty busy lately mostly making trips to one of the food banks every week, then I'll spend a couple of days each week collecting aluminum cans. For about 8 or 10 hours of walking over 2 or three days I'll collect enough to make around $4.00 sometimes more. On other days I do volunteer work and touch base with various people just to stay in touch and network a bit. Some day one of my network contacts will come through for me and have information on a job or housing.
I'm always on the lookout for ways to help myself get a job, get an place to live that's not a camp and just make a little money for the necessities like fuel for the stove to cook with and heat the tent, candles for heat and light, food of course plus all the other things that I don't get from food banks or other sources that are needed or useful. I can really make that $4.00 stretch!

With the holidays coming up I wish to say to all of you who read these posts that you are all appreciated and that I hope you all have a great holiday season.