Our special Tuesdays
Way back in November, I saw a news story that our local station was doing on an organization called Meals on Wheels. I immediately felt like that would be something I could help out with. I had struggled with finding a volunteer opportunity that was "Lane-friendly." I'm home with him and felt like I really wanted to volunteer some of my time, but the catch was doing something that he could do too! Meals on Wheels is perfect for us and for the clients who get to open their door and see this face:
It completely makes their day. Meals on Wheels is an organization that delivers meals to homebound elderly. And on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th (when there is a 5th) Tuesday of the month, Lane and I get that privelege.
Our route happens to be perfect for us. We have two apartment buildings and the first building has a cart that we wheel around that he can ride in. The sweetest little lady waits for me outside with the cart so I can load Lane and all the meals and drinks to be delivered to the complex.
We then go from door to door and floor to floor delivering meals to some of the tenants in the buidling. It is sad, some of the situations, but they are in good spirits and very happy to see us and talk with us and smile with us. Lane is such a good helper. When we go pick up our meals at the Meals on Wheels location, I let him carry in an empty bag. He looks so darn cute totin' it along. It's almost as big as him, but he handles it well. The kitchen ladies and volunteers love him! Yesterday he got a 3-pack of mini Hostess cupcakes (that I almost stole from him) from one of the kitchen ladies and he couldn't stop blowing them kisses and smiling at them. What can I say? The way to Lane's heart is through food sweets!
I'm just noticing the remnants of cupcake left on his face in all these pics...LOL!
The second apartments we deliver to, have their doors outdoor so we just walk. Plus we only have 3 meals to deliver in that one so it's not too bad. Yesterday, I think Lane could feel that it was such a beautiful day out so he was asking "park?" "park?" when we were done, so that's just what we did before lunch and nap.
