Everyone in our area is familiar with those phone books placed on the front step, or at the end of the walk, usually encased in a plastic bag to protect it from the weather. But does anyone consider much about how they get there? My kids learned more about it this weekend than they probably ever intended to.
You see the companies that print the books hiring independent contractors to pass the books out. They give them sets of books, and geographic zones, and pay them to pass the books out. Individuals, organizations, non-profit groups, can pick up the contracts. The companies just want to ensure that the books are delivered.
That is how a member of my church men’s club picked up several contracts in past years, and recommended this year that our men’s club and youth group could do the same and use it for a fund-raiser.
So Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon, members of our youth group, men’s club, and other supervisory adults, bagged phone books and walked them to the stoops of each house and placed them on the step.
We saw a few people as we delivered. Some said thank you, and some said do not leave that book there. But many people have felt the presence of the Avondale United Methodist Men’s Club and Youth Group by the passing of the books.
Now, only a few more similar days to go to finish our two routes here in the Northland.
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