What is it like to hear a kid say "Look mom we get to use real toilet paper now? Or watch another kids face lite up and say" This is so good mom we get to eat today.". This is just a couple of examples of the reality's that I have gotten to experience in my 4 plus years of volunteering at HHTN food pantry.
For me it puts the real meaning of Love from the utmost on high into perspective. To be part of a close net family of volunteers that are committed to doing something that puts real change into a kids and hundreds of other people's lives each day. There is a warm feeling that comes from knowing you have been a part of weather a person gets to eat or not.
I guess the reason that I feel so good and strong about helping others is that I know what it feels like to grow up poor and need help. With seven kids and a father who wasn't able to work, because of major heart trouble, we found ourselves needing help often.
Lots of folks receives help at HHTN through no fault of their own. A little help until they can get back on their feet again. We enable some older folks to be able to buy their meds by giving food.
I get a warmth in my soul when I hug my daughter knowing that HHTN puts that same warm feeling in lots of folks heart by having warm food and clothing on their loved ones.
Should you find yourself wanting to experience what God has done and continues doing at HHTN, then volunteer, we need you. You won't get paid money but the experience will be priceless.
Larry Williams
Volunteer since 2017