December 7th
Another cold day and yet the 18 Wheels of Christmas team crawled
out of their warm beds to be on time at the save on foods Panorama!!! Motor
Rosenau parked the truck and the 18 Wheels trailer in front of the store before
the doors opened. Janet, Kent, and Chris helped set
everything up and were ready to greet the first customers. Once again when
Santa appeared along with Skippy then the action started. Candy canes were
handed out pictures taken with Santa and even Molly the puppy had her picture
taken with Santa. Dale ,Colleen and Ken relieved the morning team and
kept Santa and skippy company until it was time to close the trailer doors and
head back to the stable.
The morning started off with a donation of 4 and 1 / 2 skids of
water. (good thing the trailer is heated) and it was all easy peasy from there
until the end of the day at 4PM. A steady stream of customers went through the
doors and it would not be a hard stretch to say everyone was gracious and
generous. Tony Klyne, the store manager, made sure we had hot beverages and
sandwiches to keep our strength up. Tony checked on us to make sure we were ok
and all was going well. It is a good thing there is a bit of a lobby before
entering the store as it was bitter cold for most of the day.
We left Panorama with 14 skids of food and water 6 of these boxes
filled with baby food. Unbelievable. Thank you to Al May for picking the truck
and trailer up as Motor had to go to work on a hot shot.
December 14th will be our last stop before we head down
to the food bank on the 19th.
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