Can you handle a challenge ?

Happy Thanksgiving to all you wonderful angel moms, whether you actually celebrate it or not I want you to grab that Hallmark spirit of gratitude and hang on to it for this challenge.

Holidays can really freaking suck when you have lost people through the year or lost people around this time of year. I really wanted to try to organize something to redirect my own feelings of loss into something more positive, as I had advised someone else to do.

So I figured I could organize that something to include more people and serve a greater community, I could do it quickly and without a lot of drama, and by using the internet get the word out fast.

I hereby challenge and charge you to notice who is missing at your table and, for each missing, donate one meal to your local food bank. Or even just one single item if thats all you can afford. Maybe your missing family members favorite canned or boxed food item ?

You can either donate non-perishables (not last years unused canned yams either. If you haven't eaten them in a year nobody else will either) directly or go to your local grocery where they have the "tickets" at the checkout you can purchase to buy a meal for someone who, while they may be heartily grateful for what they DO have, may have far less to be grateful for than you.
 
Along with a basic canned or dry good think of maybe a box of cake mix for someone to make a birthday surprise for their child or some personal care goods as well. Food pantries will even take those jars of baby food , those unopened cans of baby formula. The partial bags of diapers are always accepted too !

You have until Monday to complete this challenge. Food bank donations have diminished greatly and many people right here in the richest country in the world go without every day. 

So I'll ask you again .. Can you handle a challenge ?