Well, that was fun.

On most Wednesday evenings we gather at church for a T.O.W,N. meeting (Together On Wednesday Nights).  we start with a casual supper and then some evening program.  Sometimes it's a guest speaker, sometimes a facilitated discussion of some contemporary issue and sometimes a chance to do something to help others.  This evening was one of those helping evenings.  After a chili cook-off supper (my friend Marj won the 'best chili' prize) we packed 100 buckets (donated by Lowe's) with cleaning supplies to be shipped to disaster areas.  This is all coordinated with Presbyterian Disaster Relief.'  Each bucket was packed with laundry detergent and various other cleaners, a rope and clothes pins, sponges, scrub brushes, rubber gloves, work gloves, a face mask and much more.  I was amazed that they could snap the lids on after we crammed so much stuff into each bucket.  Our goal was to fill 100 buckets this evening and we had enough volunteers there that we were finished in 23 minutes.  Of course several other volunteers had spent hours earlier organizing, getting donated and reduced price items, and making sure things would run smoothly this evening,  Perhaps we should try for 200 next time?  or 500?