Nabisco | beforeyoutakeabite

Yesterday my colleagues and I boogied on down to the Greater Chicago Food Depository to volunteer. I love going there because I love the people who work there. They are so passionate about the Food Depository’s mission and the work they do. The first time I went there to scope it out as a potential volunteer opportunity as one of the chairs of the Community Relations Committee in grad school, I cried. I was so moved by what we learned on our tour – from the organization’s community outreach, to the educational classes offered (hands-on too!), to the fundraising initiatives, right down to the great big hearts of the individuals who work there.

So what does this have to do with Oreos? Well, I will tell you. Out of all of the tasks that we could have been charged with yesterday, we were responsible for boxing thousands of graham crackers. But not just any graham crackers…Honey Maid Graham Crackers. And who makes Honey Maid Graham Crackers…Nabisco via Mondelez…the same company who makes Oreos. Next to packaging Oreos, I think packaging the Honey Maid Grahams was the closest we could have gotten to incorporating Oreo Happiness into our volunteerism. How’s that for serendipity???

Our goal was to package 6000 boxes of graham crackers. We packaged over 12,000 boxes. That makes me happy. Volunteering makes me happy. And I would imagine that the food insecure recipients of these graham goodies will be happy when they receive them, too.

Shout out to Honey Maid via Nabisco via Mondelez! Shout out to serendipity!

Double Digit Day. The blog has reached a milestone folks. Day ten, one zero. Which is why today it’s totally appropriate to post a picture of how the Oreo pile has grown.

BTW, I did not mean to discredit the New Jerseyite yesterday with the “radio silence” comment. I should cut her some slack. Afterall, she is 8 months pregnant. I heard from her late last night and like all of us here in Chi-town, she is kicking herself for not buying multiple packages of the lemon twist Oreos when the opportunity presented itself. Once she finds them again, she assured me they will be mailed promptly.

ALERT!!!
No narrative explanation necessary.

A special someone just came by for an Oreo…my big boss…Assistant Vice President, or AVP as I affectionately call her. Anyhoo, she asked for selection advice and upon learning that she had NEVER TRIED THE BIRTHDAY CAKE creme-filled golden oreo I practically shoved it in her mouth. She admitted that she was nervous that I had set the bar too high and that the cookie would not live up to its lofty expectations. Fear not! I tell the truth about my Oreos and she was happy. A few of us then launched into a philosphical discussion about how hard it is to replicate the taste of birthday cake. It takes just the right amount of care because the sweetness and consistency have to be just right. Good job Oreo gods! But I digress, what makes her happy is gardening. If she won the lottery, she would garden and/or build a greenhouse. Then she said at the end of the day, she would relax with a book, in an adirondack chair, filling her nose with the sweet smell of fresh greens all around her. That DOES sound nice.