A Sweet Success

Our Sweet Shop's first sale was a success! We sold 27 bags and 10 tins of peanut brittle from Ryan's mom and six more small boxes of the chocolate-topped variety from Granny Zelma. Plus, we sold nearly all of Nicole's first round of caramels. Keep those candies, pies, cakes, cookies, jams and jellies, and whatever else you can think of coming!

We added to that $60 more to the Christmas fund to purchase Satanta hoodies for those children on our angel tree who are in 7th-12th grade.

We also sold the last three extra copies of The Shack we had on hand. If you are done with your copy, please bring it to class so that we can sell it, too. At $10 each we break even AND pass on a very good book!

All this selling meant that we took in well over $200, some of which Ryan will use to purchase gifts for toddlers and babies with siblings on our angel tree list. He is also kicking around the idea of using the leftover "Satanta United Methodist Church" mugs to give to parents when we distribute the gifts. It would be fairly easy to fill them with candy or simply place hot chocolate mix in them.

In other news, we got word this week from Trena that we have received a $1,000 donation from a church member who wishes to support our work. Nothing has been decided yet, but we are prayerfully considering using these funds to make four $250 literacy grants available to teachers in our school district. Your feedback on this matter is welcome!

Darlene Lucas, who is heading up our church's Christmas food distribution this year, inquired about whether we wanted to coordinate our gift giving with theirs. Unfortunately, they have set the date for food distribution on December 17, which is a bit late for us. Karen suggested that we go earlier in the week, perhaps even on the weekend prior to school being out. Again, we need your feedback as delivering 60 gifts can take a lot of time . . . especially with Santa along for the ride.

Last but not least, there was some discussion of a class bowling party at Sublette. This could be really fun, but a date will need to be set as soon as possible. Any thoughts?