LOL – never thought of this!!!!!
Our church – Saint Luke Lutheran Church –
In a group of churches for South Brunswick County in N.C. –
Is responsible for the second Saturday of every month for –
“THE LORD’S FOOD PANTRY” –
FEED MY SHEEP!
Sherry and I volunteer those Saturdays when we can.
Sherry does intake on the computer.
I check the cars in and tell them where to park and instruct them how to sign in.
If they can not walk to the tent-
I will place a colored sticker on their windshield and give them a large plastic number.
To be placed on their dashboard.
Other volunteers will come to the car and register them or hand out local newspapers for them to read while they wait.
Also on Friday nights –
The food pantry is open to alleviate the Saturday numbers.
The total between the two is somewhere around 120 cars.
Brunswick County, N.C., is larger than the state of Rhode Island.
This county has over a 15% poverty rate.
It is also the fastest-growing county in the country.
A lot of the poverty is among locals who have lived here for years and years.
This area of beaches has become a draw for BABY BOOMERS!
A lot of homes here are second homes, and the wealth of all these people is driving up costs, and the locals are caught –
In the increasing prices of living here.
Thus, the poverty rate is going up.
That is why we volunteer for our church to help out where and when we can.
A lot of these people who come are SENIORS.
This volunteer work is a POSITIVE in our life!
Sherry and I also volunteer in the Protection of Sea Turtles.
From mid May until mid-October –
THE OIB TEAM of VOLUNTEERS –
Are on the beach to guard the nests and enable the baby Sea Turtles –
To make their way to the water after they hatch.
Maybe this is a result of our growing up during the HIPPIE ERA!
But it is gratifying to us in volunteering that we are helping Mother Nature.
Sitting on the beach at a nest –
Talking to folks and answering questions.
Seven P.M. to Eleven P.M. each night until they hatch!
There are times that they hatch in the early hours before dawn.
Their tracks are discovered the next morning.
Some go all the way to the water
Others disappear, and Fox tracks appear.
Studies show 1 in 1000 baby Sea Turtles –
Make it to adulthood and start laying eggs at age 35.
They are becoming endangered.
DNA from the eggs shows the habits of the Sea Turtles all up and down the East Coast.
Sea turtles’ DNA shows daughters, mothers, and Grandmothers laying eggs!
WE VOLUNTEER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
As did that HIPPY GENERATION.
Making a POSITIVE experience.
Our lives living in this area are a positive experience.
Taylor – our granddaughter-
This past Turtle season –
Volunteering as an intern for the Protection of Sea Turtles on OCEAN ISLE BEACH.
In the family –
Passing it on to the next generations!
It was all her own idea, and she applied by herself.
We agreed to accompany her wherever she was assigned.
On her last morning at 5:45 AM-
On a Saturday –
She got called out to the beach –
A WILD NEST HAD BEEN DISCOVERED-
No one knew it was there, and the baby Sea Turtles were seen going to the water.
When that happens-
A team is dispatched and a INVENTIRY done right away.
Taylor performed the INVENTORY and got SEVENTEEN additional baby Sea Turtles to the water,
One of them did not make it –
A SEAGULL swooped in and grabbed it out of the water!
We watched as it carried the baby Sea Turtle away.
At least she was able to get 16 in the water, and who knows if any survived.
Some laughs and some smiles and a lot of POSITIVITY!
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