Adopt-A-Pantry. Blogging.exercising.giveathon ~ Just do it.
No, it’s not a secret squirrel alien space-ship that landed just inside my back door.
It’s much more important than that.
It’s a laundry basket.
A laundry basket that will be my receptacle for non-perishables.
I’ve signed on for Adopt-A-Pantry. The great idea of Jamie@chosenchaos who created Run.Blog.Give this summer.
What can I say? This girl has a giver’s heart and great ideas. I just sign-up and go along for the ride.
Here’s the deal on Adopt-A-Pantry in Jamie’s words,
“It’s simple… for each day between September 1 and November 17 that you exercise you will donate one perishable item to your local food pantry. There are 78 days from start to finish… that could be a lot of cans we dish out!”
A quick look at the calendar and tomorrow is September 1. So time to start filling up the basket.
The great thing is it isn’t just running/walking. Swimming, the elliptical and I’m letting my children get in on the action by logging in their tennis matches and football games.
Personally, I’m shooting for a straight 78 days of exercise. That’s why I’m stationing it by the back door. No way to over it look it there.
Join us buy contacting Jamie on her blog or email.
For now I’m heading out to mow the lawn — after finding a place for all these socks that I dumped out of the basket.
Any other great charitable ideas out there?
Woohoo, I’m doing it too! Go us!
Yay Jennifer. We are going have some fun.
Love the idea – Jamie is rather brilliant!
Good luck with 78 days of exercise!
I’ve been looking for a way to get myself excited about exercising. Such a simple, but really terrific idea. This week I had to say good-bye to my 16 year old kitty and it’s been tough looking at the empty, laundry-basket he used as a bed for more than 10 years. Filling his bed with non-perishables sounds like the therapy I need to turn something bad into something good. Thank you.
So sorry about your kitty Andrea. My daughter can’t go to sleep without one of ours. She was just asking me the other day, “Mom, when Oreo dies — can I miss school.” For her, she really would be devastated. Hope you join on.
Allison — already got up this morning, ran and the first item is in the basket — all thanks to Jamie. 🙂
Oh my goodness! I am going to join you in this challenge. So glad I found you over with the SITS girls!
Such a wonderful idea. Thanks for sharing it. And good luck with the socks.
Happy Sharefest. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
what a beautiful and great idea. Going to check it out now. thanks!
Love this idea. Love the idea of using a blog to give. Love how you are counting your kids sports too. All great ideas. Thank for stopping my blog and encouraging me on this new journey of homeschooling. I love the teaching but we will see if I go crazy!
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