Louisville Metro Solid Waste Keeping The Christmas Spirit Alive!

HAD to share this with all of you.  It's a true story!  Happened yesterday (Wednesday 12/14/16) here in Louisville, Kentucky.

Louisville Metro Solid Waste workers paid a visit to Wheatley Elementary School yesterday.  Kids love those big orange garbage trucks folks!  No lie!  Now why did they show up?  Because they care.  Do we really need any other reason than that?  Seriously!  And folks...it was COLD out there (still is)!  But the crews showed up...for the kids!   Pretty cool, eh?  (No pun intended *LOL*)

The school received an email from a parent after the event which I am sharing below...

     Today was an experience that I will never forget.  When I turned the corner onto the school's street, I was in shock.  I had absolutely no idea what was going on.  I was thinking, are they working on the street?  What is going on?  They were all honking their horns and smiling and looking like they were having fun just being there.  When Xavier and I walked inside the school and were greeted with a sea of men and the majority of them being black men, I felt a sense of pride just swelling so big that I could have burst out into tears.  Seeing men from city workers, police officers, teachers, fraternities, fathers, and grandfathers all smiling and telling my son we are here for you.  I just can't explain the happiness that I felt!

    These are the men that very rarely get recognition on the evening news.  These are the stories that aren't told to show that yes, our black men do show up for us.  Yes, they do take care of their children.  Yes, we have men that do positive things in our communities and simply just care.  I just felt so proud to see this and that THIS is the school that my children attend and I'm proud of Wheatley and their staff and faculty.

     When I got to work, I had to text my mom and sister about the most amazing experience that I witnessed.  My sister replied back that it brought her to tears and she wish she had been there.  I just wanted to let you know that I appreciated each and every one of those men taking time out of their busy lives to do this for my sons and all the Wheatley children.  I just wanted to say, thank you to the Mr. Bunton and all of Wheatley!!

P.S. please ignore any grammatical errors :)

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Share this with everyone on your social networks! 

From me and my Family

And all of us here at Louisville Metro Solid Waste

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Paying It Forward Christmas 2014

Is Paying  It Forward on your Christmas List this year?  

Well, here are just a few ways you can check it off!

• Volunteer at your local Homeless Shelter. 
• Serve a hot meal to a neighbor or a stranger.
• Visit/Volunteer at  a Nursing Home and/or Children's home.
• Your Local Shelter Is In Need Year Round!
• Foster, Rescue or Adopt a Pet from your Local Shelter.Shelters are Always looking for donations in the form of money, blankets, cleaning supplies, food, toys. 
• Volunteer to hold and play with kittens and pups and/or walk a dog.
• Donate food and/or money to your local food pantry (both human and animals)  

• Hold the door open for someone

• Let someone go ahead of you in line!

• If you ride the public bus, pay the fare for the person behind you (You can also do this at your favorite fast food hang out,  coffee shop, grocers, etc.)

• Read to the elderly, to children, to the blind, to the home bound!

PET FOOD BANK:

Donate Food for Needy families with pets.

Find one in your Area!  Here in Louisville you can donate to No Kill Louisville:

http://www.nokill-louisville.com/petfoodbank.htm
If there isn't an animal food bank  in your area,  then start one!


Daily Clicks:

Right or wrong, you win! Click on an answer, and we'll provide 10 pieces of kibble to Animal Shelters to help feed their hungry dogs and cats. Play Free Kibble  Trivia every day - the more you play, the more kibble for the  cats & dogs!

http://www.freekibble.com/


CLICK To Give

theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/

thehungersite.greatergood.com/


www.care2.com/click-to-donate/


Cross-Post, Tweet and/or post on your other online social networks!

See a pet in need on Face Book?  Then pay it forward by cross-posting, tweeting and/or adding to your other online social networks.  They DO work when it comes to helping others in need!


The Toys For Tots Foundation
www.toysfortots.org

Feed The Children
www.feedthechildren.org/

The American Red Cross
www.redcross.org/Donate
 

These are only a few suggestions on how you can Pay It Forward this Christmas.  Keep it going all throughout the year!

From My Family To Yours ...


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

10 Halloween Safety Tips for Pets

Halloween can be a festive and fun time for children and families. But for pets? Let's face it, it can be a downright nightmare. Forgo the stress and dangers this year by following these 10 easy tips.

1. Trick-or-treat candies are not for pets.

All forms of chocolate -- especially baking or dark chocolate -- can be dangerous, even lethal, for dogs and cats. Symptoms of chocolate poisoning may include vomiting, diarrhea, rapid breathing, increased heart rate, and seizures. Halloween candies containing the artificial sweetener xylitol can also be poisonous to dogs. Even small amounts of xylitol can cause a sudden drop in blood sugar and subsequent loss of coordination and seizures. And while xylitol toxicity in cats has yet to be established, it's better to be safe than sorry.

2. Don't leave pets out in the yard on Halloween.

Surprisingly, vicious pranksters have been known to tease, injure, steal, and even kill pets on Halloween night. Inexcusable? Yes! But preventable nonetheless.

3. Keep pets confined and away from the door.

Not only will your door be constantly opening and closing on Halloween, but strangers will be dressed in unusual costumes and yelling loudly for their candy. This, of course, is scary for our furry friends. Dogs are especially territorial and may become anxious and growl at innocent trick-or-treaters. Putting your dog or cat in a secure room away from the front door will also prevent them from darting outside into the night … a night when no one wants to be searching for a lost loved one.

4. Keep your outdoor cats inside several days before and several days after Halloween.

Black cats are especially at risk from pranks or other cruelty-related incidents. In fact, many shelters do not adopt out black cats during the month of October as a safety precaution.

5. Keep Halloween plants such as pumpkins and corn out of reach.

Although they are relatively nontoxic, such plants can induce gastrointestinal upset should your pets ingest them in large quantities. Intestinal blockage can even occur if large pieces are swallowed. And speaking of pumpkins …

6. Don't keep lit pumpkins around pets.

Should they get too close, they run the risk of burning themselves or knocking it over and causing a fire.

7. Keep wires and electric light cords out of reach.

If chewed, your pet could cut himself or herself on shards of glass or plastic, or receive a possibly life-threatening electrical shock.

8. Don't dress your pet in a costume unless you know they'll love it.

If you do decide that Fido or Kitty needs a costume, make sure it isn't annoying or unsafe. It should not constrict movement, hearing, or the ability to breathe or bark and meow.

9. Try on pet costumes before the big night.

If they seem distressed, allergic, or show abnormal behavior, consider letting them go in their “birthday suit”. Festive bandanas usually work for party poopers, too.

10. IDs, please!

If your dog or cat should escape and become lost, having the proper identification will increase the chances that they will be returned. Just make sure the information is up-to-date, even if your pet does have one of those fancy-schmancy embedded microchips.

Source: PetMD

Ten Surprising Things Kids Knew In 1980 That Kids Don't Have A Clue About Today

As it turns out, kids these days actually do know less than they used to.

Kent State University researchers conducted a study that evaluated the general knowledge of students in the U.S. during the year 2012 by using an exhaustive test first implemented in 1980. The study ranks the most commonly known facts among college students and compares those rankings to their 1980 equivalents.

Click HERE to find out what the top 10 things are

Or

copy and paste the URL below

http://www.takepart.com/photos/10-things-kids-knew-1980-dont-know-today?cmpid=tp-ad-outbrain-general