Although I'm sure I have plenty of bedding that I could donate to Goodwill, today I donated a new fleece blanket that I purchased at Meijers for a greatly reduced price (close to nothing really). Considering I've been freezing myself since November, it made me feel good to give away a blanket--and specifically a new one. There is just something comforting about blankets, and if I've been cold this winter, I can only imagine how so many others in the Greater Cincinnati area have been truly cold--even chilled to the bone--from a lack of money for the electricity or gas bill or from a flat-out lack of shelter. There should be a national donate-a-blanket day.
The thing I love about donating at the local Goodwill drop off center: I pull into the parking lot and immediately this little old man inside notices, he opens the glass garage doors, pushes out a canvas bin to collect the donation, smiles at me and says thank you in that truly appreciative way that you don't hear that often. He and the bin remind me of a friendly cuckoo clock. The ease of donating at Goodwill and the all around pleasantries make me sure I will go back again and again this year. Basically, today's donation gave me that good feeling--the one that subtly reminds me that I never really give something for nothing.
Does anyone remember the Friends episode where Phoebe tried to find some sort of act of charity that was purely self-less? She couldn't. I think she ended up letting a bee sting her. Then the bee died.
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