Saturday was the day to Serve! This day of service was declared by Virginia, Maryland, DC, and West Virginia. Many organizations all over the area took part in many different ways. Our Manassas 1st ward did a food drive. It was awesome! Our home, because of it's central location was the drop off point. We weighed the bags as people brought them. The food donation total was 1826 lbs. Today the food left our garage and was taken to SERVE where it will be given to those in need right here in Manassas. It was awesome to hear of how members took bags around to their neighbors and collected food and how they wish they had picked up more bags so they could have collected more. One family talked about how they had their young boys take the wagon around when they were going to put the bags on the step and they were able to collect the food right then and fill their wagon. There was talk of how the food drive had given them an opportunity to get to know their neighbors and do some missionary work. Service always blesses the giver and the receiver! It was truly wonderful to see the collection grow. The church was not the only organization to participate in this wonderful day, sports teams, schools, other faiths and many others put forth tons of hours and donations to improve the lives of those in need.
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