On Wednesday, I was invited to work with the Salvation Army at their East County Food and Toy Drive at the Viejas Casino. It was my job to sell raffle tickets to the people that came in, so that they could win 1 out of 4 opportunity prizes. I was selling one ticket for $5, three tickets for $10 and a arms length for $20. So many people were excited to pay me the $20 because they wanted to see me stretch my arms out as far as possible, and give those around 30 to 40 tickets for their money. There were so many great prizes there, Barbie dolls that have never been opened, purses, wine, even a life-size cardboard statue of Edward Cullen! I had to take a picture next to him, for good laughs. But I was so surprised to see how generous everyone was. Viejas Casino donated 300 toys as well as giving a $10,000 check to the Salvation Army to get toys and clothes for all the children. And people would bid outrageous prices on bikes, tickets, wine and many other things. I was also in charge of the auction. When someone would win an auctioned Item, it was my job to go find them, and have them sign a paper with their name and how much they bought it for. It was really great to just see how much everyone wanted to give and help the community. I think that’s its moments like that, where everyone is working together to make the lives of others better-that’s when you can see how much we can change the world, even if its just one toy at a time.
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