{"id":29407,"date":"2012-11-20T23:08:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T04:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonangeliniphotography.com\/blog\/?p=29407"},"modified":"2013-11-24T10:31:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T15:31:20","slug":"for-i-was-hungry-and-you-fed-me-ending-the-2012-food-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonangeliniphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/20\/for-i-was-hungry-and-you-fed-me-ending-the-2012-food-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"“For I Was Hungry and You Fed Me”: Ending the 2012 Food Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our annual food drive<\/a> has come to an end for this year and tomorrow morning we will be dropping off all the food at the food pantry.\u00a0 This year our food drive certainly had its ups and downs<\/a> but in the end we are staying focused on why we do this year after year.\u00a0 We are proud of what it teaches our kids, we are happy to share our blessings with the less fortunate, and we are incredibly grateful to and inspired by the auction winners<\/a> and all of you who donated!\u00a0 At our final count, we had ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN items<\/strong> that we will be bringing to the food pantry in the morning!\u00a0 THANK YOU so much to everyone who contributed to that 1127<\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n

\u201cHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.\u201d\u00a0 \u2013Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, 1952<\/em><\/p>\n

As our kids get older, I love seeing how much of their heart they put into this food drive.\u00a0 They are excited to be involved and they are proud to know that they are making a difference.\u00a0 I hope the joy they feel from doing good stays with them and motivates them throughout their lives.\u00a0 Even when it seems so much easier to give up, or to do less, I want my kids (my oldest son in particular) to learn the important lesson that the harder you work and the more of yourself that you give, the more you get back.\u00a0 But what you get back is a joy that comes from knowing you are doing God’s work, and that is a pure and lasting joy!<\/p>\n

We again want to express how grateful we are to all of the auction winners for their generous and caring hearts!\u00a0 They truly inspire me.\u00a0 Pictures from their mini sessions will be coming to the blog soon.\u00a0 In the meantime, here are pictures of all the food we collected!<\/p>\n

“For I Was Hungry and You Fed Me.” -Matthew 25:35<\/p>\n

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To get an idea of how much food is in the picture below, the word “For” has 264 cans!<\/p>\n

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