My friend John works for NC State’s IT Department. For their holiday project, they decided to make Love Wins Ministries one of the objects of their giving… and they came through, big time.
We received:
- 23 pairs of socks
- 53 tubes of toothpaste
- 57 toothbrushes
- 64 bars of soap or body wash bottles
- 18 sticks of deodorants
- 50 packages of hand warmers
- 52 shampoo bottles
- 36 bottles of lotion
- 18 bottles of conditioner
- 44 razors
- 5 bottles of mouthwash
- 7 bottles of liquid hand sanitizer
- 4 tubes of lip balm
- 5 cotton ball packets
- 5 cotton swab packets
- 4 25-packs of baby wipes
- 3-pack of Kleenex tissues
- 30 antibacterial moist towelettes
- 40-pack of Tampons
- 303 quart size plastic bags
- 20 quart size freezer bags
- 100 black trash bags
- 1 Net10 Phone
- 3 backpacks
- Gift certificates/cards ($150)
- $55 McDonald’s (30 $1-certificates, 5 $5-cards)
- $45 CVS (4 $5-cards and 1 $25-card)
- $20 Kroger (2 $10-cards)
- $30 Food Lion (3 $10-cards)
- A partridge in a pear tree (Not really, but it sounded good.)
(If you are wondering why these things, they came from this list and this list. These are things we always need.)
We are blessed beyond measure. Thank you so very much. You have helped make things better for a lot of people this winter.
If you are on twitter and wanted to thank them directly, they have a twitter account @ncsu_oit …
The rest of the story – Not an hour after I picked all the supplies up from John, I was able to use the CVS gift cards to help Jenifer get her antibiotics prescription filled.
She had a sever infection from a bad tooth. She pulled the tooth herself, but it got infected. The emergency room gave her a prescription for penicillin, but she didn’t have the $17 to get it filled. Thanks to the CVS gift cards our new friends at @ncsu_oit had just given us, she got the prescription filled and the swelling has gone down.
She cried when she thanked me for filling her prescription, but it was only possible because of their gift. I just got to be the guy in the middle.