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Just wanted to make sure and wish you all a very Merry Christmas!  May you have a peaceful and joyous holiday.

Dave

Chris Rice is going to be performing at DePauw on April 12th! I’ve been a fan for several years and I’m excited to see him live. My kids are excited to go since this is their first concert - yay! I don’t think he bites any small animals or anything so they should be ok.

In April I had the privilege of spending some time with Second Helpings and their volunteers. Their motto is “Eliminating Hunger. Empowering People.” and they have a really great model for doing both.

Second Helpings rescues perfectly good food that would otherwise end up in the trash, and turn it into meals for deserving people. Often this is simply food that legally can’t be sold or served because it’s past its “sell by” date. I was able to ride along with Greg to do collections from some of the various food donors. Trader Joe’s, Wild Oats, Starbucks (twice), and St. Vincent’s hospital were some of the places we visited and it really hit me just how much is getting thrown out every day. Later I visited some organizations as meals and other food were delivered.

Below are just a few images from my time with them, but visit their slideshow for more.

These ribeyes aren’t spoiled they just can’t be on the shelves any longer.

Meals are cooked and loaded into trucks for delivery.

The end result is that people get fed. Missions, shelters, daycares and elder care facilities receive much needed hot meals.

In addition to food rescue and meal delivery, Second Helpings also operates a culinary training program that teaches a select group of applicants skills that can lead to jobs. Many of the students come from the same agencies that receive meal support. By giving them this chance and these skills it can lead to careers and better lives.

It takes a lot to collect, catalog, store, prepare and deliver all the food and meals every week, and much of this is done by volunteers. If you’d like to share the love and care that this organization is spreading in Indy, please contact them and volunteer your time to help prepare a meal or whatever they need you to do.

We’re really blessed to have the neighbors we do. Dave and Amanda didn’t have any kids when we moved in about 4 years ago - now they have four!!!! That’s what happens when you have triplets.
Their daughter Alyssa was already just the cutest, and now she has a sister and two brothers. We love it when they all go for a walk, they have this 4 seater stretch-limo of strollers. They’re all doing well and growing like crazy.

This is Jack and he’s the serious one, can you tell?

Lauren is a cutie, ain’t she.

Drew is Mr. Happy-go-lucky.

And Alyssa is the proud big sister!

The whole crew.

Happy, happy!

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First time in the grass!

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