An open letter to the members of the

I would like to take a moment of your time and thank everyone for their large donation of food stuffs Tuesday night. We had requested these things for the “Handfuls of Purpose” food bank on Gulfstream Blvd here in Englewood. You made it a big success.

The generosity of my neighbors here in Gulf Cove fills me with pride. I didn’t weigh it, I didn’t count it, but you can be assured, many people will go to bed with full bellies. Everybody that delivered food to us should be extremely proud. You did a great thing! We actually started our meeting a bit late as people were still delivering canned goods at 7PM.

Also received were cash donations and donations of pet food.

Pastor Jim Ratcliff, at “Handfuls of Purpose”, was a bit under the weather, his phone kept ringing and his nose kept running, but he did thank you over and over again.

When asked, what else we could do. He replied that infant products are always in huge demand, such as baby bottles, diapers, baby food, etc, etc, etc. Go back, go way back to when you were raising children. What could you simply not live without or what did you never have enough of. Think about it for a moment. Infant items will be our focus for the March meeting. Thanks again, Carl Strong

…..I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me…..