“Knock, knock.”
Trish, the St. Louis Area Foodbank volunteer coordinator, laughed as she tapped her knuckles on the door of my office.
“I have someone here who wants to make a donation,” she said with a smile.
I turned around in my chair and began to get up, but quickly realized I was already eye-to-eye with the donor — a sweet little girl of about 7. We’ll call her Charity.
Charity shyly handed me a heavy white envelope. Inside, nickels and dimes were Scotch-taped to loose-leaf paper.
A few weeks ago, when Charity learned she would be volunteering at the Foodbank, she started saving her hard-earned allowance.
By donating a portion of her allowance, Charity learned that caring and sacrifice go hand in hand — no matter what size the hands are.
All hard-working donors sacrifice a little to help their neighbors a lot, and they also trust in the Foodbank to make their sacrifice count.
Charity’s $1.25 enables the Foodbank to provide 5 meals to people in need. ($1=4 meals)
I didn’t perform cross multiplication for Charity to demonstrate the impact of her donation, but that is certainly something I do weekly to show how $1 can go a long way toward making a substantial difference.
Instead, I told Charity she had done something very nice, and then she gave me a hug.
Patrick Delhougne is a development associate at the St. Louis Area Foodbank.
