Let me tell you about my generous friend, Wendy.

I volunteer twice a year with a program called Project Home. Project Home shelters homeless families in churches that open their doors for a month at a time, when the county shelter is full.  Project Home is always needed due to the increase of homelessness. Project Home brings everything that is needed for the families: Rollaway beds, linen, toiletries, toys and books, videos and food. When I signed up for a June overnight host spot, I asked Wendy if she would like to volunteer with me. She was aware that I had been volunteering for eight years. She agreed to come with me.  We were hosts to five families that night. During the evening we had a conversation with a pregnant mother of three, who wasn't happy about being pregnant again as she has a 7 month old now and is no longer with the father of two of the children. She told us how her children needed summer clothes, and she had nothing for the baby on the way. Wendy was touched by her story and said she would check at home to see if she had anything to give her (she loves garage and estate sales). Well, over the weekend, Wendy was on a mission. She went to garage sales to buy clothes for the eighteen month and seven month old children, plus the baby on the way.  She bought a lot of cute, very nice clothes and laundered and folded them all. Five days later Wendy and I went back to the Project Home church to give Angela a diaper bag filled with newborn clothes, two toys and a bag, plus a box full of clothes for the two youngest kids. Angela was so happy and grateful for all this, she must have said "Thank You" ten times while she looked through all of it, guessing how these outfits would look on her children. We said our goodbyes and wished her well, knowing we would never see her again. I was so proud (if that's the appropriate word) of the kindness that Wendy had shown to a complete stranger. You can make a difference in the life of another. Just think about how you can do it.