{"id":223561,"date":"2025-05-04T21:12:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T21:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/kindness-activist-camping-kindness\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T21:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T21:12:45","slug":"kindness-activist-camping-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=223561","title":{"rendered":"Kindness Activist: Camping Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n

I got to sit down and chat
\ntoday with a new little friend, Owen.\u00a0 <\/span>He
\nis only 3, but he is FULL of energy, ideas, imagination, and KINDNESS.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
He is a funny one, my new friend!\u00a0 Made me laugh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


<\/span><\/p>\n

Owen\u2019s birthday party this
\nyear was CAMPING themed \u2013 complete with a bonfire, smores, a tent, and even a
\ncampfire pinata that his dad made!<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>But
\neven though the official theme was <\/span>camping<\/i>, a \u201csub-theme\u201d of kindness
\nwas woven in, too.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cool campfire pinata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Because you see, instead
\nof asking for GIFTS, Owen asked his guests to bring food donations for the Little
\nYellow Free Pantry!<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Isn\u2019t that
\namazing???<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>His mom and dad brought him
\nby today so that we could talk a bit and learn about the sweet little boy and
\nhis birthday donations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Owen\u2019s mom, Janelle, works
\nwith United Way so knows alllll about non-profits and volunteerism.\u00a0 <\/span>A friend of the family had a birthday party and
\nasked for food donations, so Owen\u2019s parents were inspired to do the same for
\nhis event.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAt first we were going to
\ncollect for AFAC, but then I remembered your posts about the pantry and thought
\nthat would be even more local to help out,\u201d she said.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The birthday boy and his kind parents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And help out they
\ndid!<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Owen\u2019s guests brought bags of shelf-stable
\nfood, which they then donated to the LYFP.<\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/span>And today when the family came over to talk about it, they got to meet a
\npantry guest who stopped by.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I love it
\nwhen that happens \u2013 connecting donors to receivers \u2013 it really brings the
\nsystem \u201cfull circle\u201d and makes it real.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Owen is a sweetheart.\u00a0 <\/span>He loves reading books, his favorite color
\n(today) is blue (his dad says that changes quite often\u2026).\u00a0 <\/span>He likes hopscotch (though he says he is not
\nthat good at it, and walks on the hopscotch board instead of hopping) and has a
\ngreat imagination.\u00a0 <\/span>And this little
\ndynamo is really kind.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Owen tried out our newest project, the “stress relief” station \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

Happy belated birthday,
\nOwen!<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I am glad you got to go to Great
\nWolf Lodge and celebrate after your party.<\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/span>And I am very, very thankful that you collected food for the Little
\nYellow Free Pantry.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Because of YOUR
\nKINDNESS, other neighbors have fuller bellies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kind kids rock.<\/span><\/p>\n

P.S. \u2013 items currently
\nmost needed for the Little Yellow Free Pantry are dried beans of any kind (we
\nare out of lentils and almost out of other kinds as well), single serving heat and eat soups in cups, single serving
\ndrinks of any kind except milk which we have enough of (water, iced tea, juices,
\netc.), cans of fruit of any kind, deodorant, and sun screen.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Our Amazon wish list can be found at the link
\nbelow (Costco wish list coming this month).<\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/span>THANK YOU!<\/span><\/p>\n

Little Yellow Free Pantry Wish List<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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