This is actually on topic. Today being MLK day, I am going to pause in my DH vest project and knit toddler hats for a local charity. We often think of Martin Luther King Jr. only with regard to the civil rights movement but he also was active - especially in later years - in fighting poverty, settling international disputes peacefully and in encouraging people to actively help those in their own communities. After our MLK service yesterday we had a young woman who grew up in our church describe her work with homeless families (she is a social worker and runs a family center that is part of a local agency). She needs warm hats, mittens and sweaters for the little children who are homeless in Seattle. Her program shelters families while aiding them in finding subsized housing, training and jobs. David can wait another day for his vest - while I do this for Kim. (I knew her as a teen and am pleased to meet her as the competent and self confident young adult she has become.)
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