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12 Years Old

Kind of a funny story goes with this one. For our bank's celebration of 120 years of service to communities in Indiana we are having a week long party. The number 12 is being thrown around for a few reasons. One, 120 years is 12 decades. There are 12 letters in Ameriana Bank. We have 12 locations. One of the things we were asked to do is provide pictures for when we were 12 years old (Makes sense as not everyone at our bank has eclipsed the 120 year old mark, and everyone has 12.) The picture shown was one of my options to pick that Staci selected from our collection of photos. I asked her if she had ever seen a 12 year old before. Apparently, she hadn't. To make matters worse, the numbers 1991 were etched in the back of the photo. (In her defense, she did not look at the back.) Kenneth and Jessica are standing to my left, and more than likely both have full diapers.

hhhmmm.... wondering why I'm not talking about those awesome green and yellow knee highs.

Also the pattern in those shorts is mesmerizing.

I did rock a pretty sweet crew cut back in the day.

Kids Against Hunger

I had the privilege this weekend of serving the hungry of Haiti by helping prepare meals for them. Our church sponsored a drive for Kids Against Hunger where about 200 people over 4 hours packaged over 70,000 meals to be shipped to Haiti. It was a great experience that taught me just a little as to what it is like to be hungry. The meal was a rice based concoction of vegetables, soy, minerals and vitamins. They developed these ingredients to make an affordable way to get food to those that need it the most. You can find out more about it here. I am not a dietitian, but it looks like a great meal for the hungry in the world. I did get a chance to taste it, and while I wouldn't want to live on it, it was not bad. The rice was a little bland and pasty, but it is packed with nutrients.

The assembly line process they have down to a science. A group of about 10 people can put out hundreds of meals per hour. I do not know our exact count but it was probably around 200-250 in an hour and a half. We had 4 people dumping ingredients into the bag, 2 people weighing the bags, and 2 people sealing and packing away the bags.

I would encourage you to look at Kids Against Hunger's Website http://www.kidsagainsthunger.org/index.shtml and look for volunteer opportunities or even just donating resources. It is an amazing opportunity.