Saturday, November 15, 2008

Captain Joseph McFee


Captain Joseph McFee
Founder: Salvation Army Red Kettle Program


This week's Ria's Pay it Forward goes to:
Captain Joseph McFee

Have you ever wondered just how the tradition of the Salvation Army's Red Kettle came about?
courtesy of TSA - DFW Metroplex

In 1891, Salvation Army Captain Joseph McFee was distraught because so many poor individuals in San Francisco were going hungry. During the holiday season, he resolved to provide a free Christmas dinner for the destitute and poverty-stricken. He only had one major hurdle to overcome -- funding the project.
Where would the money come from, he wondered. He lay awake nights, worrying, thinking, praying about how he could find the funds to fulfill his commitment of feeding 1,000 of the city's poorest individuals on Christmas Day. As he pondered the issue, his thoughts drifted back to his sailor days in Liverpool, England. He remembered how at Stage Landing, where the boats came in, there was a large, iron kettle called "Simpson's Pot" into which passers-by tossed a coin or two to help the poor.
The next day Captain McFee placed a similar pot at the Oakland Ferry Landing at the foot of Market Street. Beside the pot, he placed a sign that read, "Keep the Pot Boiling." He soon had the money to see that the needy people were properly fed at Christmas.
Six years later, the kettle idea spread from the west coast to the Boston area. That year, the combined effort nationwide resulted in 150,000 Christmas dinners for the needy. In 1901, kettle contributions in New York City provided funds for the first mammoth sit-down dinner in Madison Square Garden, a custom that continued for many years. Today in the U.S., The Salvation Army assists more than four-and-a-half million people during the Thanksgiving and Christmas time periods.
Everywhere, public contributions to Salvation Army kettles enable the organization to continue its year-round efforts at helping those who would otherwise be forgotten.

Please join Ria's Collectables and our family in helping the Salvation Army keep this program alive, by volunteering a couple of hours a week, donating canned foods, clothing, or cash donations to your nearest Salvation Army.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Paul Flood



Paul Flood


Paul Flood Marketing, LLC
115 Martha Lane, Suite 102
Fairfield, Ohio 45014
(513) 829-6368
http://www.paulfloodmarketing.com/


This week's Ria's Pay it Forward goes to Paul Flood.


Paul's remarkable commitment to his family and community is very infectious. With many remarkable accomplishments Paul continues to pass kindness to help better not only his community, but for the communities of the people who comes in contact with him.


What I have found to be extraordinary about Paul is the love he so openly shares with and about his wife Brenda. The Face Book Group Roses on the Windshield remarkably shares this with all that care to join.
For it is this love for his wife, that has been the back bone behind the man that he is. It is their team work that is truly inspiring and reflects a glow like that of a candle.
If ever in the Fairfield, Ohio area, or are in need of any Marketing, please give Paul a call, even if it is to just say hi.
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