Day 531 ~ The Blessed Spoon's First Campaign

!!WOW!!

Such a surreal experience.  

The last twenty-four hours leading up to delivering the ten Turkey Trot baskets to their respective families was an absolutely amazing expeirence!!

From collecting all the donations, figuring out quantities and making the shopping list, to all the price comparisons. . . not to mention all the strategizing implemented to use all donations wisely.

Then came shopping and delivery day!

My first stop was a meeting at 7:30 in the morning to pick up all ten turkeys!  This in itself was an exillirating experience!  All ten turkeys donated!  Thank you!! 

Throughout this campaign there have been "little miracles" (l.m.) strengthening my faith more and more, reassuring me that I was doing the right thing... for example if it wasn't for my envolvement in a project for my church I would have never met our turkey donor.  lm #1.

My first stop after picking up all the turkeys was Sprouts.  What a great store.  Our only health/organic store in all of El Paso!  That's right, no Trader Joe's or Whole Foods!  Even with Whole Foods being from Austin, TX...  That's ok  we have SPROUTS!!  And what a great store!!  The gave me a ton of food!!  Ok nearly a ton.. wink, wink.  Sprouts donated all the stuffing, turkey pans, yams, marshmallows, brown sugar, pineapple, cranberry sauce and 25 grocery bags.  Thank you Sprouts!!  You all rock!! 

After shopping at Sprouts, I was able to regroup, see what was left and off I went to Walmart.  Walmart donated two $50 gift cards from two different stores to help with The Blessed Spoon's first campaign.. Needless to say the bulk of the groceries were purchased here... milk, butter, flour, potatoes, green beans, mushrooms soup, fried onions, and rolls.  

The journey throughout this campaign has been and continues to be AMAZING!!  Everything came so easy for me and The Blessed Spoon.  It was as if God was rolling out the red carpet for me each day as I accomplished something or was about to tackle something.

Before I knew it. . .  it was 4:00 pm I was leaving Albertson's with 10 pumpkin pies and I was on my way back home with a car load of food!!

Honestly, it was an exciting day!!  Even when we started taking inventory, making food piles, and packing all the food!  We picked out our first set of 10 spoons going out with their Certificates of Authentication, planned our route . . .

. . . and were out the door at 9:00pm.

A happy Happy Thanksgiving going out to 10 "Blessed" families!!

I am thankful for having the opportunity and smarts to be able to to this for everyone!!

What's coming up?   Hmmm.... 
I think I see another challenge off in the near distance. . .

[here's to you finding your... ]

Peace...

I am second..

... for a, l & c.  You are my sunshine(s).  

Images are courtesy of google or Bing images.  Some images maybe labeled property of Carla Barila Karam and of this blog, Took It... Making It... Living It... My Life .  © 2012  U.S Copyright Laws apply.

Day 527 ~ and The COUNTDOWN BEGINS!!

COUNTDOWN TO 

3 Days & Counting . . .

I am thankful for those of you who take a little time in their lives to help others!!!

What's coming up?   Hmmm.... 
I think I see another challenge off in the near distance. . .

[here's to you finding your... ]

Peace...

I am second..

... for a, l & c.  You are my sunshine(s).  

Images are courtesy of google or Bing images.  Some images maybe labeled property of Carla Barila Karam and of this blog, Took It... Making It... Living It... My Life .  © 2012  U.S Copyright Laws apply.

Day 526 ~ Life's Projects Update

Yesterday I caught you up on what we were all up to with the Blessed Spoon and how we were preparing {ourselves} with the Thanksgiving Turkey Trot Dinner Basket campaign.. . . .  today once again we have more progress toward our goal of feeding our first Ten Families.  I honestly am very excited!!

Now I wanted to catch you on all my other projects I am involved in.  
As far as my blogs go...
I continue to write on a daily basis on here, Took It. . . Making It. . .  Living It. . .  My Life. . .  I continue to chronologize my life on this blog for my children.  I share my ups, my downs and my successes and every so often, a let down.  I don't do it for attention, not at all!  I do it in hopes to help someone else who may be going through the same... or may feel alone.. I do it for you too.  wink, wink.

Besides, this blog I have my gratitude journal I keep online... I swear I don't do it for attention- I don't even go out of my way to publicize it..  Humble Gratitude is where I share what I am grateful for each day... to encourage others i being grateful!

My other blog, My LifeStyle ReDesign--- well I have highly neglected this blog.  This was a once per week blog on health, dieting, nutrition, health, from a forty-somethings, almost fifty, young gal , , , which has been since June since I posted.  Yikes!!  I loved this blog too... but that was right about the time that I started working more on getting the spoon (nickname for the Blessed Spoon) researched and was starting to get more and more involved in my church.  Although this particular blog has reached a stale mate at present time, I would think that the trade off has been worth it!!  

I am pretty pleased as to where I sit today.  I have a lot of great things going on for me and others and am very excited as to what the future holds.

One last thought, or request rather, , ,  please bare with me the next couple of days. . . I really want this Turkey Trot Campaign to be a  great success and do not want my blog to suffer because of it.   I want hard working families to know that their hard work does not go unrecognized and that their community appreciates their contribution. 

I am thankful for the hard working families in our communities-  
what a way to lead by example!!!!!

What's coming up?   Hmmm.... 
I think I see another challenge off in the near distance. . .

[here's to you finding your... ]

Peace...

I am second..

... for a, l & c.  You are my sunshine(s).  

Images are courtesy of google or Bing images.  Some images maybe labeled property of Carla Barila Karam and of this blog, Took It... Making It... Living It... My Life .  © 2012  U.S Copyright Laws apply.

Day 525 ~ The Blessed Spoon Update

Well... finger is still throbbing making it very difficult to type, so I am going to keep this brief.

I do want to give you a quick update on The Blessed Spoon's Thanksgiving Turkey Trot Dinner Basket campaign..

With Thanksgiving a week away, I am getting ready {- along with many Blessed Spoon volunteers..} to deliver to ten unsuspecting families the ingredients to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner this Monday... YES THIS MONDAY!!

The Blessed Spoon's very own... first annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot!

What's Happening five days before the BIG Day?!?
Artists are busy painting spoons (see link above for more information). . . more donations are starting to come in!! . . . I have received donations from local grocery stores . . . people are signing up to volunteer . . . referral of families are piling up- we will pick ten families out of a hat who will receive the dinner, the remainder will be saved  for the December campaign. ... Turkeys have been donated by local Bronze Sculptor Julio Sanchez De Alba from Bolivia. . .  

We are so close to reaching our goal . . .

I am so excited.

Will do a follow up post on this event and keep you posted on progress... 
Oh my gosh!  I can't wait to post pictures of the spoons... I've peeked in on a few of them...  All I can tell you is that they are going to be colorful!! and original!!

For those that don't know what is going on. . .check it out on theBlessedSpoon.org on the About us page.  If you would like to donate $1 please click on picture above which will direct you to our donation's page.

I am thankful for all of the wonderful giving people of their time by volunteering for this wonderful event!!!!!

[here's to you finding your... ]

Peace...

I am second..

... for a, l & c.  You are my sunshine(s).  

Images are courtesy of google or Bing images.  Some images maybe labeled property of Carla Barila Karam and of this blog, Took It... Making It... Living It... My Life .  © 2012  U.S Copyright Laws apply.

Day 495 ~ The BIG Reveal!

Today I am taking a break from my 30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge to bring you some great and exciting news!

I have started a nonprofit foundation for the purpose of promoting health and well-being to individuals and families.  the blesssed spoon

I invite you to check out my website  theblessedspoon.org

Please keep in mind that the website is still evolving and has been online for less than 12 hours at this point.  I will be adding information about the founding board of directors, as well as what our goals are in the immediate future.

WIth that said, if you have any suggestions, comments or possibly a small donation wink, wink... I would absolutely love them!!