yesterday was a truly amazing experience. we held our "filler up" fundraiser for ollie. we were at crossroads hy-vee from 11-7. i was overwhelmed. the kindness of strangers is truly amazing. i was in charge of the crossroads location. 
it was so cold. i think the high was 11. we had the best volunteers. even though people were cold they worked hard and stayed late. they were awesome. here is a picture of me putting some of our first donations in the bucket.
it was so cold. i think the high was 11. we had the best volunteers. even though people were cold they worked hard and stayed late. they were awesome. here is a picture of me putting some of our first donations in the bucket.it truly was FREEZING!! here are some of the volunteers i worked with. 
this is Malissa. she goes to church with us. 
chris o. also goes to church with us. 
my sister in law even came out to help!
i was brought to tears multiple times by the kindness of complete strangers. people would drive through the gas station and say things like " i don't need any gas, but i saw your story on the news" and would just hand us money. we had other people that would come through, hear what we were there for and say "well i don't have much money" but they would put 9 dollars in their tank and give us the extra dollar. i have multiple stories of kindness that i will have to record another time, but it was a very emotional day.
this man here was definitely a good Samaritan. he came and got gas, gave a donation, and then went inside and bought all the volunteers breakfast because he said we looked cold. he then pulled his car into the gas station and parked. he said he had some work to do on his lap top, so he would just sit and if any of us needed to warm up, we could go sit in his car for a few minutes. he was very kind. 
speaking of kindness. this is Libby. she was the store manager at the crossroads location. she was AMAZING!! she brought out free hot chocolate for the volunteers all day long, along with free hand warmers. she was constantly out checking on us and even brought us some lunch. 
this is stacy, my good friend and olivers mom. she went to each gas station yesterday and worked with the volunteers. here she is with susie!
stacy & meghan
it was so stinking cold. this was only about three hours in and i am pretty sure i was numb from the waste down at this point.
this is myself, amy b, and stacy
amy is on the ollies all stars committee also. she floated with stacy yesterday and helped at each location. these two ladies are so much fun. i was glad we got to work together for a while yesterday.
after it started to get dark, it became brutal outside. it was so cold. people would ask me "aren't you cold" my response was "i don't think there is a word that describes what i am right now"!
i can not stress enough though how great everyone was. it was so much fun working yesterday. despite the super cold weather, it was a blast.
here is andrea filling it up!! she looks like the blue bandit robber. ;0)
this is karen, olivers grandmother. she is so funny. she was cleaning windows and pumping gas. she is so much fun to have around!!
like i said, after the sun went down it was so insanely cold. but i had such great help. here are a few more of our volunteers.
the boecks
the freestones & the rodabushs
yesterday was a wonderful day that far exceeded anything that any of us could have dreamed of. despite the cold, the five layers I had to peel off, and the shivering that did not stop until around 3:00 am, IT WAS COMPLETELY WORTH IT!!
i am grateful that i was able to do some service for a dear friend and her family. i am grateful that so many people gave of their time and financially. it renewed my hope in the kindness of strangers. i could not say enough good about how yesterday worked out.
(garran, elders, randy @ logan)
i also have to say how awesome my husband is. one of the other gas stations was running low on volunteers so he spent the whole day 11-6 pumping gas at the Logan location. i am married to a great man and i know it was a moving day for him as well. i think both our hearts were touched by the kindness we experienced yesterday.
this is Malissa. she goes to church with us. 
chris o. also goes to church with us. 
my sister in law even came out to help!i was brought to tears multiple times by the kindness of complete strangers. people would drive through the gas station and say things like " i don't need any gas, but i saw your story on the news" and would just hand us money. we had other people that would come through, hear what we were there for and say "well i don't have much money" but they would put 9 dollars in their tank and give us the extra dollar. i have multiple stories of kindness that i will have to record another time, but it was a very emotional day.
this man here was definitely a good Samaritan. he came and got gas, gave a donation, and then went inside and bought all the volunteers breakfast because he said we looked cold. he then pulled his car into the gas station and parked. he said he had some work to do on his lap top, so he would just sit and if any of us needed to warm up, we could go sit in his car for a few minutes. he was very kind. 
speaking of kindness. this is Libby. she was the store manager at the crossroads location. she was AMAZING!! she brought out free hot chocolate for the volunteers all day long, along with free hand warmers. she was constantly out checking on us and even brought us some lunch. 
this is stacy, my good friend and olivers mom. she went to each gas station yesterday and worked with the volunteers. here she is with susie!
stacy & meghanit was so stinking cold. this was only about three hours in and i am pretty sure i was numb from the waste down at this point.
this is myself, amy b, and stacyamy is on the ollies all stars committee also. she floated with stacy yesterday and helped at each location. these two ladies are so much fun. i was glad we got to work together for a while yesterday.
after it started to get dark, it became brutal outside. it was so cold. people would ask me "aren't you cold" my response was "i don't think there is a word that describes what i am right now"!
i can not stress enough though how great everyone was. it was so much fun working yesterday. despite the super cold weather, it was a blast.
here is andrea filling it up!! she looks like the blue bandit robber. ;0)
this is karen, olivers grandmother. she is so funny. she was cleaning windows and pumping gas. she is so much fun to have around!!like i said, after the sun went down it was so insanely cold. but i had such great help. here are a few more of our volunteers.
the boecks
the freestones & the rodabushsyesterday was a wonderful day that far exceeded anything that any of us could have dreamed of. despite the cold, the five layers I had to peel off, and the shivering that did not stop until around 3:00 am, IT WAS COMPLETELY WORTH IT!!
i am grateful that i was able to do some service for a dear friend and her family. i am grateful that so many people gave of their time and financially. it renewed my hope in the kindness of strangers. i could not say enough good about how yesterday worked out.
(garran, elders, randy @ logan)i also have to say how awesome my husband is. one of the other gas stations was running low on volunteers so he spent the whole day 11-6 pumping gas at the Logan location. i am married to a great man and i know it was a moving day for him as well. i think both our hearts were touched by the kindness we experienced yesterday.
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I could NOT be smiling bigger! SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!!!
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