Hairnets: Can They Bring Out Your Wild Side?

Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Lea in Uncategorized

If you’d pay good money for a photo of me in a hairnet, I’m afraid you’re out of luck. But I did don one for our Minnesota bloggers’ event at Feed My Starving Children — and I’m afraid it made me a little giddy. fmsc-web1

I was paired with my travel writer friend, Beth Blair, and we somehow ended up with a handful of other volunteers who weren’t from the bloggers’ group. I’m not sure if it was the hairnet or the uplifting feeling of helping someone else — but before long I found myself joking, dancing and singing along to the music they piped in while we scooped, bagged and sealed more than 13,000 meals for the people in Haiti. We had a blast, even if we did look ridiculous.

Silliness aside, I was so impressed with Feed My Starving Children. The staff was great, and I appreciated the real-world way they communicated with us about the sobering issue of world hunger. We started our shift with enthusiasm, and a true sense of the importance of what we were about to do. I’m excited to have found an organization for my family to support — and I look forward to showing my daughters how to share our good fortune with others.

Can’t wait for the next event with my fellow Minnesota bloggers — all of whom are fascinating, talented and wonderful people. Thanks to Melissa Berggren for organizing, and Lenore Moritz for inviting me!

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