By Franklyn Gallup of WoodFloorist.com
This past Tuesday I got a request to help man a booth at the Little Red Schoolhouse Project. If you have never heard of this before it's OK because I had never heard of it before either.
The project was started in 1991 as struggling families in the Olympia - Thurston County area in Washington state were financially struggling to adequately provide their children with proper school supplies and clothing to start the new school year. Having the needed supplies and clothing can help tremendously with the child's self esteem and attitude towards learning.
The supplies are donated by businesses and individuals and are free to families who need them. The distribution day this year was August 18th and over 900 families were helped. I was amazed at the line at 8:00am when I got there. This is clearly a sign of the hard financial times we are in right now.
I was working at one of the community ....more
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