Sometimes it's hard, when things are on special, to only buy one thing.
So this week, two were added to the box.
Self raising flour and tinned tomatoes.
Though now we have 2 tins of tomatoes - but surely you cant have too much of a good thing!
Saturday 3 September 2011
The story behind the project
We started this project a couple of months ago, after looking at the tin of unopened infant formula we had purchased after we brought our baby home from the hospital as a 'just in case'. Turns out, we never needed it. Thank God, because formula is expensive and breastfeeding is just so much better!
So we thought, what can we do with a tin of formula? It was $25. Seemed a shame to throw it out. Could we donate it? Seemed a bit odd to rock up somewhere with a tin of formula. What was the alternative? Could we do more?
We have always had the ambition to be more charitable. But on a single income and now a baby, the extra funds never seemed available to make what we thought to be a meaningful donation. The formula was the answer.
Every week, when going on our weekly grocery shop, we decided to buy one extra non-perishable grocery item. Put it in a box in our laundry. Donate it to a charity in need at Christmas-time.
And it feels good. To select something that someone will actually use. To know that the item you are putting in your trolley will make someone else's life a little easier.
But it doesnt end there. We don't want to be the only ones. This is a simple way to give something back and to make a difference.
So join us. Lets do something to help out people less fortunate - one week at a time
So we thought, what can we do with a tin of formula? It was $25. Seemed a shame to throw it out. Could we donate it? Seemed a bit odd to rock up somewhere with a tin of formula. What was the alternative? Could we do more?
We have always had the ambition to be more charitable. But on a single income and now a baby, the extra funds never seemed available to make what we thought to be a meaningful donation. The formula was the answer.
Every week, when going on our weekly grocery shop, we decided to buy one extra non-perishable grocery item. Put it in a box in our laundry. Donate it to a charity in need at Christmas-time.
And it feels good. To select something that someone will actually use. To know that the item you are putting in your trolley will make someone else's life a little easier.
But it doesnt end there. We don't want to be the only ones. This is a simple way to give something back and to make a difference.
So join us. Lets do something to help out people less fortunate - one week at a time
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