Lending a Helping Hand

 

 I need to start this post by saying thank you.  Thank you to Lumber River United Way for giving us this
opportunity.  Thank you to our 4-H members, volunteers, and families for coming out and staying as long as you could until we go the job done.  It took a chunk of your time and we sincerely appreciate your assistance.

 To better explain all that has happened to make this possible let me take a step back in time.  Lumber River United Way's office was in a building that was set on fire.  The majority of items received smoke and water damage.  Thanks to the Robesonian, they had temporary offices at the newspaper until their new office was to be ready. The city of Lumberton had donated a building for Lumber River United Way to use, and it needed some extensive renovating for them to move into it.  The new office is perfect for the four person staff however it does not have room to put together campaign packets like they used to.  In casual conversation one of the staff members mentioned this and we hatched a plan to utilize the NC Cooperative Extension, Robeson County Center auditorium and put the call out to our 4-H members, families, and volunteers.

  The call went out and out families responded.  We had more than 20 volunteers who stayed for anywhere from an hour to four hours until we got the job done.  Almost 2700 packets put together and bagged for Lumber River United Way to use as part of their annual campaign.  Our 4-H families are giving United, how about you?  To see the fun and adventures of the day please check out our photos.