Donations for Joplin

After the devastating tornado in Joplin in May, Libby and Roan's school held a donation drive for "Grab & Go" items that might be helpful to the folks in the area. They encouraged families to donate shelf stable food, bottled water, granola bars, toilet paper, paper towels, baby wipes, etc. The kids were eager to help. Luckily, mom is something of a pack rat -- so we had a lot to choose from.

This is Roan with his bag of paper towels, napkins and granola bars. I guess it takes big muscles to carry all his stuff... what a goof ball!

Libby Lu with her bag of goodies to donate...

I included this picture, purely for its future blackmail potential.

I was really proud of the kids for wanting to help. They don't really understand what a tornado is, or just how much destruction it brought, but they do understand how much their donations might help ...