Turkey Basket Delivery Day

Written By Joel H. Furrow

This is one of our favorite days of the year!

For the past 8 years, volunteers and neighbors have gathered at The Root Cellar in Lewiston to donate and deliver laundry baskets filled with everything needed for a bountiful Thanksgiving Day feast!

Special thanks to our friends from The Church of the Brethren, East Auburn Baptist Church and Redemption Hill Community for organizing and promoting this incredible day! And thanks to The Italian Baker for fueling the work with donuts!

At The Root Cellar, we pray the Lords Prayer regularly together. One of the lines is a petition to, “give us this day our daily bread...” It speaks to the recognition that we all have needs, and that we are relying on our Heavenly Father to provide enough for all. He likes to use us to answer prayers like this.

This past Saturday, so many gathered to answer that prayer in a small but meaningful way. This gift allows neighbors in need to bless others and next Thursday, 134 families will be gathering together blessing others with food and relationship.

What a blessing it is to be part of this neighborhood and in this work with each of you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Joel H. Furrow

@joel_furrow

joel@therootcellar.org

Joel is a graduate of Liberty University where he received a Bachelors of Science in Religion with a concentration in Intercultural Studies. Joel has 10+ years experience working with refugee and at - risk youth populations in Clarkson, GA and Cambridge & Boston, MA. In 2009, Joel implemented the Bridging the Gap Juvenile Diversion program in the city of Boston, serving nearly 100 juvenile offenders annually. Joel became the director of The Root Cellar in Lewiston in 2012. Joel and his lovely wife Hilary live in Wales, raising 3 beautiful, stubborn and energy filled daughters.

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