Paying Kindness Forward

In the past week, I had many occasions when I was wonderfully surprised by unexpected gifts. The first gift was a delicious box of doughnuts.

Not wanting to eat them all, I wrapped five up, shared one with my mother and left four at the doorsteps of friends.

It felt good to be able to pay the kindness forward to others.

As the week progressed, the kindness kept coming back to me with deliveries of homemade soup, lemon slice and blueberry muffins.

Last Friday I payed the kindness forward again, this time on behalf of our College community.

Thanks to the hard work of two VCAL classes, I made a significant delivery to the Melton Combined Churches Food Bank.

The vegetable garden the classes have looked after has grown well while we’ve been away from school. There was an abundance of fresh lettuces, snow peas, lemons, kale, spring onions and lots of herbs.

All of the fresh produce was bundled up and delivered on Friday.

As I arrived, a client was packing her car with groceries for her family. She was very excited to accept a few lettuces as she could not source any from her local supermarket. She said that she would make a “nice big salad” that night and enjoy the freshness of the produce.

It truly is that in giving that we receive. I felt so blessed last week. Thank you to the students who made this possible. You may not always see the results of your labour but be assured others will be eating well thanks to you.

Thank you to Lena and Mary from the Food Bank for accepting the produce from CRC Melton and ensuring that it is gifted to the people of Melton.

The Food Bank is open to anyone who needs assistance during these challenging times.