This post is going to be all “Heart”
Bernie the Polite Girl and I did a post on Facebook for people
to come and help sort some of the clothes that we had for the next BBQ event. Mostly
putting all the male clothes in the bag marked males etc. Well 6 people
answered the call to come and give up there Saturday and give a hand. Rod,
Pauline, Dave, Denise, Tom and Troy.
These guys turned up with wide smiles and ready to be put to
work helping. We all started going through bags and sorting damaged clothes and
putting the good ones into their right bag. The atmosphere and heart coming from
everyone was awesome with fun and jokes, but most of all we all knew we were
doing a lot of work to help others for later. I must say I was proud to not
just be there but to just know these awesome people.
The time came for us to finish bagging clothes and we just
sat and had a few more laughs before everyone went home. For me this was one of
the reasons I started doing BBQ’s, it shows the community coming together to
help with no reason but to know there helping people in need. Two of them (Dave
and Denise) travelled from the Gold Coast, can’t make the next event because of
plans already which will be the only event they haven’t been to since I started
3 years ago. But they showed up full of heart ready to help here without ever seeing
the end result of a homeless or person in need using them clothes. Their ACE’S
in my book and always will be.
Now writing about Dave and Denise reminded me of a story I
was told a while ago which at the time gave me hope and inspiration. Dave’s mum
and she neighbour went to the store to buy a lot of toothbrush’s to donate at
our BBQ, going to the checkout the young lady working the cashier asked why so
many toothbrush’s. Dave’s mum explained about the BBQ’s and about how they were
donating them. The cashier (In the Gold Coast) asked them to wait a minute and
ran off, Came back with $20 and asked if they would get more to donate from
her.
The next time Dave’s mum went back to the store the cashier
did the same thing. This is someone that will never meet the people who gets
the toothbrush’s, but she knew they were going to people in need. The sad thing
is I don’t even know her name to mention on here. But hearing about someone
like that really inspired me to do so much more because others are too.
One thing that makes me so proud and that’s that I go on
Facebook, Twitter or walk through the city and I hear from all these people
wanting to help or about what they’re doing to help homeless/people in need. To
think I know such awesome and great people really inspires me to do so much
more because I feel like I’m not alone trying to help.
I want to thank you all for reading my post and I hope you
all have a great day.
Grant the Polite Guy
Grant Richards
0412 190 011
