We had a unique event at work last week. The company that I work for partnered with the Salvation Army and had a motorcycle toy run through our main facility that collected over 750 toys and $20,000.00 cash for gifts that will be used by the Salvation Army for needy children during Christmas.
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How cool is that? The kiddos get a Christmas bonus and the bikers can now say I rode my bike to work and through work. Win, win.
I was in Mississippi when Hurricane Camille hit, too strong to get any number they had. That hurricane dropped about 400 tornadoes coming ashore, and things went downhill from there. Large parts of the coastal Interstate were missing, not buried, just GONE.
The Salvation Army was there on-site when the sun came up after the storm, giving away tents, blankets, food, water, and a lot of comfort, when nobody else was there giving aid. No other agency ever came close to their human efforts, then. Good people.