Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission is in urgent need of turkeys for their Thanksgiving meal.
The annual meal is set for Oct. 7 at 1475 Athol St. at the Dean Smith Youth Centre.
They have a shopping list of donations they need before noon on Oct. 4 to make their holiday dinner a success.
The most pressing needs are for:
- 18 large turkeys
- 750 Warm Up For Winter Mugs (men, women and children)
Other items needed:
- Five 4 litre jugs of milk
- 200 small boxes (120 g) of stuffing mix
- 17 large (120 g) packages of gravy mix
- 25 large (3 kg) bags of tossed lettuce salad
- 80 small cans (337 ml) of cranberry sauce
- 93 small or 60 large pumpkin pies
- Two 4 litre bottles of ranch dressing
- 50 cans of whipped cream (aerosol cans)
- 20 litre (5 x 3.78 L) jars of pickles
- 63 dozen dinner buns
- 390 individual butter/margarine
- 45 large (50 cm x 30 cm x 8 cm) tin pans
