Looking back with a full Heart

As we look back over these weeks, I hope we have loved and honored our parent's home, helped others, and taken time to reflect on the magic of giving back. I know our parent's and Grandparents would be so happy that their Grandchildren wanted so much of the furniture, china,  antique tools and treasures to place in their own homes. I know our parents would have loved meeting Melanie, Cheron, Micki, Cindy and all the wonderful volunteers that have walked through their home. We still have work to do before we think about selling their home in the spring, but now we can relax and enjoy looking at these 8 weeks as a gift. Thank you to everyone that has made this journey possible!!

The Non profits and ministries that were served:

Open Table- www.opentable.org /  They set up living spaces for the homeless
Next Door- www.thenextdoor.org /  services for women and families impacted by addiction, mental illness or incarceration
Be Blessed- /A Christian ministry in Hendersonville that gives to a needy community
Grace Place-www.graceplaceministry.org   /   Helping single Moms with children
 Elevate Madison Ministries-www.elevatemadison.org /  Giving to homeless in Madison, TN
Goodwill-www.giveit2goodwill.org  /  Sells items to those in need and trains for jobs
Room in the Inn- roomintheinn.org /  Helping the homeless in Nashville
Against the Grain- /helping women out of prison, educate and job train
United Way
Senior Center in Sumner County
Operation Stand Down-www.osdtn.org / assisting all honorably discharged veterans wth interview and job training, housing and support
Portland Cares-/ a thrift store giving to those in need in Portland, TN
Garage sales to support mission trips from Long Hollow Baptist Church to Ethiopia, Haiti, and Uganda. Clothes, shoes and bags sent to Uganda

                           
                                                        Some Before and After Photos

The downstairs Recreation Room is where we staged garage sale items

We filled this room multiple times, and then gladly released it to the non profits to give away
 or use for garage sales for mission trips 

1100 square feet of clothes given to Be Blessed,
 Madison Church of Christ, Goodwill and others

After this room was emptied

Melanie finishes cleaning out the Master Bedroom closet

The master bedroom closet when it was full with clothes and 2000-3000 pairs of shoes

A cleaned up alcove off the bedroom that was for shoes

The shoes area when it was full. The empty shoe boxes were even used again.
They were filled with supplies for children and sent worldwide

Master bedroom getting ready for giving away clothes

Empty

An upstairs recreation room empty

And when this room was full