After 118 inches of snow for the season, spring is finally
here! In fact, it’s almost summer and
those days of winter are well in the past! However, at the peak of the snow
season, you can see the snow mounds almost above my shoulders (and I am a tall
person). I didn’t let the weather get me
down, so I participated in several inside events. I volunteered to make popcorn in February,
March and April at New Branches Charter School where my grandson attends. I also attended Linc First Friday Community
event with my daughter, Kent County District- 17 Commissioner, (D), Candace
Chivis. In March I donated gift bags to
the outgoing Ms. and Miss queen and delegates for the Ms. Wheelchair Michigan
Pageant. I judged the Sunburst regional
pageant, and was a guest queen at the Mrs. Michigan America Pageant.
Due to the mounds of snow around my house, I could get all of
my donations out of the house and into my car, so when the snow melted, I was
finally able to donate to the Salvation Army and In the Image. And I had collected many, many items! I also brought 22 bags and 2 boxes of personal
care items to the Mel Trotter Mission, which is a homeless shelter for men,
women and children. I had never visited a homeless shelter and I was very
enlightened and humbled. I could not
take photos inside – only of the sign outside.
I was given a book about Mel Trotter, and his homeless shelter and mission
serves to be everything he prayed about to help people who had been through
hopeless times in their life, much like his life, before he founded the
mission.
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