What would you do with a pot of gold?

It's the week of St. Patrick's Day and to help bring the green spirit to one of our food distribution locations, our parent volunteer, Inga, brought St. Patties pictures for the kids to color.

We call our kids spot the "Kids Cafe" which allows parents to have some time to get what they need and not worry about their children.

6 year old Mary Jane made her first visit with her dad to the kids cafe last week.  While she was there, she met our founder, Jennifer, who was volunteering at the event.

Mary Jane colored a beautiful picture.  It was a multi colored rainbow with clouds, a leprechaun, and a pot of gold.

When she brought it over to show Jennifer the picture, Jen said, "wow, what a great picture, you even have the gold colored in with a gold crayon!  What would you do with a big pot of gold?"

Mary Jane thought for a minute or two before she looked up at Jen and said, "I would save it."

Jen replied, "what would you save it for?"

Again, Mary Jane thought for a moment.  Then she said, "food.  I would save it for food.  Lately, we haven't had a lot of it at our house."

Jennifer looked around the room at all of the youth volunteers who were working the event.  They had all heard her say that.  Each of them felt a connection to Mary Jane.  Not only was it a reminder of the issues of hunger and the people it affects, but how young some children are being affected.

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