Healthy Cereal

To continue our partnership with Miriam's Kitchen, we recieved a request to donate healthy cereal as it is used daily as a part of the breakfast offered to guests.  Typically at Miriam's once the main dish (pancakes, crepes, etc) are gone, the guests are offered a healthy cereal option instead.  They go through over 100 boxes per week and at the time, they were down to less than a week's worth.

The C&W office rallied and collected many boxes of cereal that we dropped off at Miriam's.  As I was dropping the cereal, it was a spectacular site because I had the opportunity to see how much cereal was donated by other volunteers.  They had by this time, aquired 2 walls worth of cereal.  It was an amazing site to see.  They say a picture (or a mental image in this case) is worth a thousand words, and it truly was because I could then envision all of the other individual volunteers and companies like C&W that cared enough about the guests at Miriam's and cause they support to collect cereal to donate.  It was heart warming in every way possible.

After I dropped off the cereal, a couple of weeks later, I received this very kind hand written note in the mail as a thank you for our collective effort.  I shared this letter with our office, and now I would like to share it with everyone else as well.

"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.  By feeding and providing hospitality for the guests of Miriam's Kichen, we are not only making a world of difference to those guests, we are also helping to improve the quality of life for those in our society who need it the most, thereby helping to strenghten our society as a whole." -Miriam's Kitchen Volunteer

"Everyone at Coakley and Williams,
We are extremely grateful for all the boxes of cereal you collected and donated to us at Miriam's Kitchen.  We are so happy to count you all on our team of volunteers and are so thankful for your kindness and generosity.  Volunteers like you all, who go the extra mile, are a temendous force for good and an inspiration to everyone.  Thank you for everything you do to make the lives of our guests better.
With gratitude,
The Miriam's Kitchen Team"

I think collectively, we would all like to say a huge THANK YOU to the Miriam's Kitchen Team.  It is more than our pleasure to volunteer and collect donations for those in need. 
Also, thank you to everyone that brought in these donation items for Miriam's.  We obviously could not give of ourselves to the community without those of you that actively partcipate.