Jordan is Famous!!!!
He volunteered at work to hand out boxes of thanksgiving meals in them.
He made the front page of our local newspaper; the Daily Herald.
At church two different people gave Jordan their front page and others reported to him about it!
I am just so proud of him and his great heart!
This is the picture and the article of the newspaper; November 25th 2009
PROVO -- Think the line at the grocery store this weekend was bad? Smith's, Macey's and Fresh Market were nowhere near as busy as the food bank.
On Tuesday, cars lined up for half a block to turn into Community Action, only to circle the frenzied parking lot in a vain attempt to find an empty space. Two spaces were taken up by a large white trailer, filled to the edge with white boxes, each containing a turkey and wishing the recipient a happy Thanksgiving from APX Alarms. Everyone left with one. Many also grabbed a pumpkin or two from crates outside the building.
Inside, the crowd was more organized, but every seat in the lobby was taken. There was an intake line with a dozen people in it and another line of people who had gone through the process and were waiting for food. Some looked uncomfortable being there. Some were familiar with the process. Most seemed resigned to waiting much longer than they'd expected to.
"I've never seen it this busy, and I've been coming here for years," said Donna Canterberry of Provo.
She was one of hundreds of down-and-out Utah County residents who needed a little Thanksgiving cheer just two days before the holiday. Hundreds of people showed up throughout the day for help, said food bank director Jim Thomas. All of the cars in the parking lot and lining the street were there to pick food up. Many waited for a couple of hours before leaving with a full car.
"Usually it's one-tenth of that," he said. "Usually we can get people in and out pretty quickly."
This week traditionally is more busy than normal, but this year has brought even more clients to the food bank as people struggled in a bad economy, so the explosion of need wasn't much of a surprise. So far they have enough food, Thomas said, though the 800 turkeys APX donated was helping quite a bit.
Every one of them will be in someone's oven come Thursday morning; the need in the valley is that great, he said. People are coming for help who have never come before.
"We keep hearing about people that are newly unemployed and they just have never had to come ask for help, they don't want to do it, they're selling everything they own," he said.
Lucia Navas of Orem was laid off from her job a few months ago, her husband doesn't work regularly and they have four daughters at home. They've come to the food bank a couple of times and were there Tuesday to get ready for Thanksgiving. Navas was having trouble finding another job because many of the people looking for the same work were younger, more experienced and more educated than she was.
"There's a lot, but there's a lot of competitors also," she said.
Debra Leger of Orem walked away with a cart full of food items, including a turkey and an apple pie. Her husband works, and she works a couple of hours a week as a teacher's aide, but they couldn't get the money to stretch to cover all the bills.
"There's four of us in the house, and it's tight," she said.
She's been coming to the food bank every couple of weeks for the last year, and while it's not her family's only source of food, all the groceries she gets helps her family.
"If it wasn't for this place, we'd have ... " Leger said, then paused. "I don't know."
Community Action will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today for donations and pickup, closed Thursday and open on Friday for donations only.
On Tuesday, cars lined up for half a block to turn into Community Action, only to circle the frenzied parking lot in a vain attempt to find an empty space. Two spaces were taken up by a large white trailer, filled to the edge with white boxes, each containing a turkey and wishing the recipient a happy Thanksgiving from APX Alarms. Everyone left with one. Many also grabbed a pumpkin or two from crates outside the building.
Inside, the crowd was more organized, but every seat in the lobby was taken. There was an intake line with a dozen people in it and another line of people who had gone through the process and were waiting for food. Some looked uncomfortable being there. Some were familiar with the process. Most seemed resigned to waiting much longer than they'd expected to.
"I've never seen it this busy, and I've been coming here for years," said Donna Canterberry of Provo.
She was one of hundreds of down-and-out Utah County residents who needed a little Thanksgiving cheer just two days before the holiday. Hundreds of people showed up throughout the day for help, said food bank director Jim Thomas. All of the cars in the parking lot and lining the street were there to pick food up. Many waited for a couple of hours before leaving with a full car.
"Usually it's one-tenth of that," he said. "Usually we can get people in and out pretty quickly."
This week traditionally is more busy than normal, but this year has brought even more clients to the food bank as people struggled in a bad economy, so the explosion of need wasn't much of a surprise. So far they have enough food, Thomas said, though the 800 turkeys APX donated was helping quite a bit.
Every one of them will be in someone's oven come Thursday morning; the need in the valley is that great, he said. People are coming for help who have never come before.
"We keep hearing about people that are newly unemployed and they just have never had to come ask for help, they don't want to do it, they're selling everything they own," he said.
Lucia Navas of Orem was laid off from her job a few months ago, her husband doesn't work regularly and they have four daughters at home. They've come to the food bank a couple of times and were there Tuesday to get ready for Thanksgiving. Navas was having trouble finding another job because many of the people looking for the same work were younger, more experienced and more educated than she was.
"There's a lot, but there's a lot of competitors also," she said.
Debra Leger of Orem walked away with a cart full of food items, including a turkey and an apple pie. Her husband works, and she works a couple of hours a week as a teacher's aide, but they couldn't get the money to stretch to cover all the bills.
"There's four of us in the house, and it's tight," she said.
She's been coming to the food bank every couple of weeks for the last year, and while it's not her family's only source of food, all the groceries she gets helps her family.
"If it wasn't for this place, we'd have ... " Leger said, then paused. "I don't know."
Community Action will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today for donations and pickup, closed Thursday and open on Friday for donations only.
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