Making A Difference : Cocoa Daisy Internet Food Drive

how was twilight? Amazing, I am sure. and I can't imagine there was even one empty seat in the house! :)

I went and saw it last night with a group of friends from work...it got mixed reactions so I'm interested to see what you thought about it :) Hopefully you have a good time!

Oh so want to see this too. Hope I'll get a date invite from hubby! :-)

Your right! We have started our box of food! Our kids are doing this at school for a service project!
Tis the season to give!!!

How did you like Twilight!?!? OMG! I loved it! We went to the midnight showing last night. It was awesome being surrounded by so many other people all crazy about the same story. Can't wait to hear what you thought.

I just adore Tricia and Cocoa Daisy. I have been on DT since the beginning and it's a wonderful place! i hope lots of people participate! thanks for posting that! can't wait to see your new scrappy space!
tara

What a great cause! Can't wait to get out and lend a helping hand.
Have fun at Twilight! Can hardly wait to go see it myself.

Glad to hear from you! I admit a twinge of worry about you due to the time between your posts! Silly, I know! :-)!

Can't wait to hear your reaction to Twilight! I went to a midnight showing last night and am still buzzing about it!! I thought they did an amazing job and now can't wait for more!! Best of luck w/all of your re-organizing!
I LOVE what Cocoa Daisy is doing with the food drive incentive! We decided to donate our 'turkey' promotion card (turkey dinner w/all the fixings) to a close family friend who is a single Mom and certainly has her share of financial struggles. I'm even storing the turkey for her until she can use it because she spends Thanksgiving with us. It just feels so good to help others and know that you are making a difference in someone's day/life.

I volunteer at my local food bank and what most people don't know is that food banks can buy food at a DRASTICALLY reduced rate. For instance, at my food bank, they can buy $13 worth of food for every $1 donation.
Giving food items is great, giving money is even better. It saves time and trouble for the giver and for the receiver.

We have started our box of food both at home , here at the weekday job and at the store !! Just feels good to do something nice....My daughter and 14 of her friends are going to Twilight this weekend - can't wait to see how they liked it .... I am going next week.
Happy Weekend !!

So important to help out with local food drives - can you even imagine what it would be like not to have food?? We take so many of these things for granted. Thanks for this post, Ali!
As for your studio - can't wait to see your new space - and your nursery. I'm sure I'll be in visual/creative/inspiration over-load when I see all your lovely things.
Happy Friday!
A.

We have been part of several food drives this year. I think it's great that the community is rallying to get the food banks stocked. Our hockey association recently had an event where admission to a game (a kids' game no less) was canned food; we gathered over 3,000 pounds of food! Kudos to Cocoa Daisy for joining in (and you, Ali, for helping to advertise it).

Saw Twilight last night...and well, I had to suspend the Maybe This Movie Is As Good As the Book belief...BUT...I did love it, still. I know they had to change some things. Just one Big One I wish they didn't touch (I am trying to be all No Spoiler Zone over here)...but the romance?? Awesome!!

Ali- I just saw the announcement on Stacy Julian's blog that you are going to be one of the experts on BPS this coming year. I'm so excited and I can't wait to take your class! Any insider hints on what's in store?
Good luck rearranging your home to make way for baby!

You must be getting excited to have your baby! I bet you had a lot of stuff to move with all your scrapbook supplies, etc. Hopefully you'll be able to find time to make cool stuff when the baby comes. It always takes me until the baby is about 8 months to be able to function and do anything creative.

Thanks for making me aware of this great cause. I can't wait to see the way you set up your new scraproom/office. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

Glad to hear about cocoa daisy's promo. Great idea.
Moving puters is a real time consumer no matter how many times I've done it. Something always seems to want to balk at the new set up!

Thanks so much for the reminder! We donated food during the holiday season a couple of years ago, but for some reason we stopped doing it. What a shame ... So this year we will start the tradition anew. I don't think I will follow the Cocoa Daisy "challenge" though. It's a great idea to get people started to support their local food bank, and I will make a TREMENDOUS difference, but it feels awkward to me to receive a prize in exchange. Just my personal feeling about the issue.
Don't forget to get some rest while setting up the new room ;-)

oops, it's supposed to say "it will make a TREMENDOUS difference" not "I" ...