I think you’ll be surprised at just how much I got.  I picked up:

• 5 Cans of Ravioli
• 5 Cans of Tuna5 Loaves of Bread
• 5 Boxes of Mac and Cheese
• 10 Double Packs of baby food
• 5 Boxes Oatmeal
• 5 Bags of Gold Fish Cracker
• 5 Bags of English Muffins
• 4 Boxes of frozen Breakfast Sausage
  (they only had 4 on the shelf or I would have gotten 5)
• 5 Large Bags of Celery
• 15 lbs of Potatoes

Total Came to $66.08.

If I didn’t buy the potatoes, I would have come in at $59.00.  The potatoes where on a “In-Store Special” so I went over just a bit, because 15 pounds of potatoes will go a long way!

I didn’t have to use coupons – just my Ralph’s Club Card and everything was on sale!

I challenge you to see what you can do with just $25, and help put food on the table for many little peeps in our valley!

The Santa Clarita Food Pantry is open Monday – Thursday 9am to noon.

Don’t drop on Friday, because nobody will be there.  This birdie found that out the hard way!  You can also find an off hours drop off box located in the alley behind the building (but I also found that out a little too late)!

Don’t forget to tell them alilbirdie.com sent you to help fill the shelves!

Dog Tags for Kids

alilbirdie.com found an amazing project that helps support our troops in a very heart warming way.

Dog Tags for Kids, is a grassroots effort to help support our troops and their families. Often when a mom or dad is deployed the kids at home ask their parents to send them something. This is a problem for many of our solders as there are no souvenir shops on the front lines.

Dog Tags for Kids, came up with the answer to help those Moms and Dads out – engraved dog tags (just like Dad and Mom).

Specially engraved dog tags are easy to ship. They are small enough to send overseas to service men and women serving in Iraq, Kuwait, or Afghanistan. The Dog Tags are then distributed among the troops at no cost to them. The special tags are easily sent back to their children tucked into a letter or card.

These Dog Tags give the children of our solders something to hold on to until Dad or Mom gets back home! It also helps with the overall morale of our troops. How wonderful is that?

alilbirdie.com loved this so much you just couldn’t keep me from chirping about it!

For a donation of just $5.00, Dog Tags for Kids, will be able to give 10 soldiers the ability to send this special gift back home to their children, giving them something to hold on to until they return home. Dog Tags for Kids is all about helping both soldiers and children cope with the distance between them.

Check it out for yourself, and help our service men and women be able to give a gift from the heart even when they are far away!

To find out more about this great project or make and donation check out.
www.dogtagsforkids.com

I will go so far as to agree that there are many reasons why an artificial tree will do the same job as a real tree, but there are just as many people who hold strong traditions within their families. Picking out the tree and the spending the night decorating it can hold it’s own meaning and tradition to many families
So in this spirit, I offer you the opportunity to tweak your tradition just a bit.

Santa Clarita seems to have its fair share of Christmas tree lots. They seem to pop up like mushrooms from beneath the electrical towers they are under. Nothing says tradition like watching granddad’s defibrillator go off, while picking out the perfect Tannenbaum! But, Boy Scout Troop 2379 has it’s own Christmas Tree Lot at the Elks’ Lodge on Sierra Hwy. They will have freshly cut Noble Pines and Douglas Firs. Supporting the Boy Scout Troop 2379 and the work they do throughout our community keeps the spirit of the season. Making it one of the best ways to add to any family traditions.

Make sure you tell them alilbirdie.com sent you!

Boy Scout Troop 2379 – Christmas Tree Lot – Opening Dec. 4th.
Elks’ Lodge 17766 Sierra Hwy.
Open 8 am – 9pm Weekends | 4pm – 9pm Weekdays
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