Sunday, November 6, 2011

Sharing Our Bounty

"They began now to gather in the small harvest they had, and to fit up their houses and dwellings against winter, being all well recovered in health and strength and had all things in good plenty.  For as some were thus employed in affairs abroad, others were exercising in fishing, about cod and bass and other fish, of which they took good store, of which every family had their portion.  All the summer there was no want; and now began to come in store of fowl, as winter approached, of which this place did abound when they came first (but afterward decreased by degrees).  And besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many, besides venison, etc.  Besides they had about a peck of meal a week to a person, or now since harvest, Indian corn to that proportion.  Which made many afterwards write so largely of their plenty here to their friends in England, which were not feigned but true reports.”
-   William Bradford, 1621 

Ahhh, November, with thoughts of Thanksgiving and the holidays approaching!  We, each of us, have a collective memory as a nation of the first inhabitants of this county sharing their bounty with the newcomers to their land.  Of course I mean the Indians and the Pilgrims, and without such collaboration, it would have been much harder for them to survive.  

This month, we have an opportunity to honor the philosophy of our Native American friends who helped those first Americans.  We can give a little  (or a lot) of packaged food which is very much needed to feed the hungry at Pasadena's Union Station Homeless Services.  We've joined up with Altadena's Fork In The Road Gang to collect your donations until the big collection party at the Fork on November 12th and 13th.  Please watch this video, put together by Agent Phil Coombes:  Put The Fork In Hunger  
We have a large box at the store you can drop the packaged food into and we'll take it down to the Fork for you.  Easy-peasy, right?  But wait - that's not all.  For being such a sharing and caring person, we'll give you 10% off any purchase at the store!  This is going to be one of the largest food drives in Pasadena history, folks.  We'd like to make sure our friends at Union Station have enough to go around this season, because donations have been down lately.  Please help by bringing some cans or packages of rice, beans, dried soup.....whatever you'd use in your own kitchen.....for the many people in our community who need them.  We thank you, and so do they!

Next Friday, Nov. 11th is not only Veteran's Day, it's also Webster's Fancy Food Truck Friday.  Webster's Fine Stationers will be giving veterans a 20% discount all day (and evening, since we're open until 9:00 pm) - all you need to do is tell a crew member that you saw (or heard about) this and you're an active or former member of our Armed Forces.  It's just a little gesture to show our thanks, and we'd like you to know just how much we appreciate your service.  

Stay tuned to our Facebook page for more details and updates on the food drive, on Fancy Food Truck Friday, what's new in store and more!

Enjoy your week ahead, my friends!

Lori & Scott


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