Blessing in a Backpack is an ongoing project for TWA. Committee members have been meeting weekly at a local school to pack approximately 80 bags with food for kids in need to take home over the weekend. Each week the group spends about an hour and a half getting the bags ready to go home with students on Fridays. The committee also provided reusable bags for the food to be transported in and supports food purchases with monetary donations as well. 

While in the building the committee also helps with the Box Tops program. Box Tops can be clipped from participating items and redeemed by the school for educational materials. 

Read more about this program on their website: www.blessingsinabackpackmi.org

Support The Troops Project
 

This year the committee split their budget into 2 smaller projects supporting the military in different ways.  The first part of the project was in conjunction with White Chapel Cemetery for a food drive in the fall of 2017. Our group shopped for food items and delivered them to White Chapel.

We also teamed up with Michigan Military Moms later in the year.  These moms ship care packages overseas and we supported their effort by covering the cost of postage for several boxes to be sent to the troops abroad.  Thanks to the committee for shopping and delivering items in need! This is one of our favorite hands on projects every year.

Hug O' War

By Shel Silverstein

I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins

Shared at our February General Meeting 2/6/18

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Many Components
Love has many components and every component contributes to the whole.  Love should not be subdivided into tiny morsels, for it involves respect, consideration, going out of your way to do something that is not normally called for or expected.  It is those times when you take a friend’s hand as you support her on a slippery street or navigating a stairway or that little hug as you greet your friends.

It also involves the willingness to compromise, to give in when you know that it doesn't really matter in the long run.
Each day we all can demonstrate the true meaning of love.  It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor, educated or not, or where you live.  The capacity to show love sees no bounds; sees no obstacles; and sees no selfishness. It is a love that is expressed even when you don't feel you are capable.
So, it is with love and its many components that the special ladies of TWA offer their friendship and support throughout our community.
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Judson Berry Home - Troy, MI

TWA supports a variety of projects that impact various subsets of the community in which we live. We have projects that are aimed at helping babies, school age children, seniors, those with cancer, women continuing their education, the homeless and more. We also realize there are some members of our community who have the most special needs and are so desperately undeserved that it is almost hard to imagine. Those with developmental disabilities need our help and we seek to serve their needs by supplementing what is provided for them. Something as simple as new sheets or towels can be a blessing to those with limited resources. TWA supported the local home for developmentally disabled women recently by purchasing holiday gifts for the residents and also a rug for their household. As we kick off 2018 the spirit of giving is strong! Thanks to those who shopped and delivered the goods to these deserving ladies.