We started with a list of items that we thought should be a part of a Thanksgiving feast. We purchased a clothes basket, foil pans for baking, plates, utensils, napkins and cups.
For each item on our list we created a feather, and decorated a paper turkey. The first day the turkey was hung about 3/4 of his feathers were plucked. By the middle of the week, we had a clean turkey. The food and donations started coming in almost immediately.
All of the non-perishable items were purchased to be placed in the basket. The perishable items were covered by monies donated for a gift card. We even had some homemade stocking caps brought in for the 3 children from our family. A nice touch to our basket were the recipes that we included from some of our own holiday favorite dishes.
As you can see from the pictures attached, we could not fit everything in to the basket. It was overflowing, with the items we asked for and other items that people picked out on their own. Throughout the week, people would come in to check out all of the things that had been brought in. A lot of caring and pride went in to this basket. We have a great group of people here, and they are ready and waiting for our Angel Tree to get on it's way.
Jeri C. (Ivie-IA)
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