[Oe List ...] FW: Story of Denver Religious House

[Lynda Cock]

Subject: Story of Denver Religious House

 

 

We learned to live simply in Religious Houses.  We needed people out on the
road recruiting courses, raising money, setting up programs, and working
with communities, so as few people as possible were assigned to get real
jobs to pay the bills.  Sometimes that meant that our food budget provided
only rather basic foods.  We worked hard, but there was also a dynamic of
celebration that seemed to magically appear from time to time.  

 

Dear Guardian Lee Sugg was helping watch over us when he won a $1000 grocery
buying spree in a local store contest and presented it to the Denver House.
Some of us old skinflints thought of a whole year's worth of oatmeal or
grits, but our always-hungry-youth saw this as a special gift that should be
honored by also getting special treats.  With a little help, they cased the
grocery store to find out some key luxury items that would add a little zip
to the daily fare.  Special requests were for good cuts of meat and seafood
that we could freeze.    

 

I can't recall the exact details, but I think we could have four persons
with a cart or carts going in different directions in a maybe 20 minute time
span.  Whatever we could get in those carts up to $1000 was our take-home
prize.  I recall that it was after the store had closed so the aisles were
all ours to race in without interference.  Our fastest runners (Larry Hamje
was one) were the designated shoppers with the rest of us cheering from the
sidelines and pointing the way to things we thought should be in the carts.
The store manager was the announcer over the speaker system giving us the On
Your Mark, Get Set, and GO signals, as well as calling out the remaining
time.  I don't recall how we came out money wise, but I recall it was close
and we were breathing deeply as the cash register rang up sub-totals.  What
a grand time we had loading up Lee's pick-up and heading back to the house
to sort through those bags and bags of groceries.   What a great party we
had with some of the special cheeses and meats and fruits that we picked up.
I think Martha Lee Sugg also bought some good wine soda to go with our
goodies.  What wonderful food we enjoyed from the pantry and freezer for
many months. 

 

Thank you to all the magicians in our corporate lives who knew the needed
dynamics of a winning team.  

 

This memory was sparked by finding a photo of Lee Sugg being presented the
winning ticket for the shopping spree which I am passing on to Martha Lee.
Someone probably has a photo of the truck load of groceries and may have
corrections or additions to this story.      

 

Lynda Cock

 

 

 

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