“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry. The garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of the naked. The shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot. The money you keep locked away is the money of the poor.”  –St. Basil the Great

Wow.  I am so excited to share the amazing results of our canned food drive auction.  I am seriously overwhelmed by the generosity of so many of you.  We have the results of the auction and with the canned food that will be donated by the top 5 bidders we have EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE food items to donate to our local food pantry!!!  865!!!  Thank you all so much for sending in your bids and helping a necessary cause.  Families who would have gone hungry will now eat thanks to your giving hearts!

I am happy to announce the top 5 bids who have won a fall-themed mini session on September 25th with a disk of their images:

Andrea bid 67 cans for each of her 3 kids for a total of 201 food items!

Berni bid 100 cans for her two nieces for a total of 200 food items!

Heather bid 100 cans for her two kids for a total of 200 food items!

Denise sent in her bid for her son for 150 food items!

and Kristen sent in her bid for her son for 114 food items!

We have decided to match the top bid and donate 201 food items as well so we will have a total of ONE THOUSAND SIXTY SIX food items to bring to the local pantry!  That is an amazing blessing for so many people and it is such an honor for our family to have some small part in that.  I cannot express how full my heart feels!  1066 food items…WOW.  Thank you to the winners and to everyone who sent in a bid (there were many others who were very close) for your kind hearts and generosity.  I will be contacting the winners via email today so they can choose their time slot for the session on the 25th.

I cannot wait to share the pictures of what 1066 food items looks like before we bring them to the food pantry!  It is going to be amazing!  And of course we’ll blog pictures from the fun fall themed sessions too!