Wednesdays at Living Water

Wednesday is one of my favorite days here at Living Water. When I get here, Gib, George & Cairl have already done a day's work by pulling stock from the shelves to fill the grocery bags. (And these guys just think they're retired!) And also by the time I get here, they're usually sitting at this table, drinking coffee. They are hard workers! Gib keeps a well-organized food pantry for us and knows exactly what we have at all times and exactly what we need to order. We give groceries to an average of about 60 families per week. And did I tell you that we're on target to give away 71 TONS of food this year??

We also get our food list from High Plains Food Bank on Wednesday mornings. We buy our food from them at $.16/lb. Gib looks over the list and decides what we need to fill our bags. By the way, we're always in need of grocery sacks! When you go to the grocery store and they say, "Paper or plastic?" we hope you'll think of us and say, "PAPER!"

Cairl usually scoots out of here first because he usually has babysitting duties (he's a wonderful granddad!), so I didn't get his picture this morning. I'm so grateful for these guys. Gib does a great job of keeping our food organized and he's lots of fun---he always has a joke handy. And he's doing a good job of training George and Cairl. The thing I love about the group of men that helps us is that they have an open-door policy---any new volunteer is welcome and quickly finds their place to help. We'd love for you to come join us!