This past Saturday, I went to Whole Foods to pick up a piece of salmon and grab lunch. And I saw they had quince paste, which I’d never actually seen outside of Spain. So I bought two containers. And you REALLY can’t have quince paste without queso manchego. So I got some of that. And I needed to pick up some ice cream for my girl’s night I was having a few days later.
So 1 fish filet, 1 cheese wedge, 2 fruit pastes and 4 pints of ice cream later, I make it to the front of the store. Shockingly, I broke nothing. (But I did drop 2 pints of ice cream.)
As I was walking out, I ran into none other than a former work colleague SLASH friend, David Mullen. He was manning the grill out front to make burgers in support of the Ardmore RAH, or Run Against Hunger.
After catching up for a bit, he told me about said Ardmore RAH. It’s a 10K (…that’s a lot for me…), 5k (ok! better!) and one-mile fun run (aw, hell! I could do that! ….and then collapse and die!) through the beautiful historic neighborhood of Ardmore right here in Winston-Salem.
I didn’t need a burger at the time. (I KNOW. I WAS SHOCKED TOO.) But I said “let me give you a donation.” So I gave him a $10.
And listen to this.
David said to me, “Thank you so much. That $10 goes to make 70 meals. They can turn $1 in 7 meals.”
And then, everything went black because my brain exploded and dripped out of my ears.
Did you hear that? That is some Dumbledore ish right there. I mean, that is truly magical. Because of their partnerships, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC can turn $1 in 7 meals. And in the past 6 years of doing the Ardmore RAH, more than $85,000 has been donated. Which means that almost 600,000 meals have been donated. Amazing!
If you’re in town on October 19th and have any inkling to run or walk, do this! 100% of the proceeds go straight to Second Harvest. Everything that you give goes to helping somebody. I mean, that’s kind of awesome.
So, sign up here. Run or walk around Ardmore. Help some people out.
Because not everyone is as fortunate as I am, to buy 4 pints of ice cream and 2 containers of quince paste.
What an idiot.
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I hated I was out of town for this! I really wanted to run it. But that’s pretty amazing to hear how far they can make a dolla holla. Makes me feel good about donating to them. Woot!
It’s actually this coming weekend–Oct. 19! I’m out of town for it too. But hey, any donation helps the peoples. And that’s what’s important! People…helping people.