Hey all! This post is a special something that Amber contemplated doing with the boys during the Wednesday community time, when the girls are with the Strong Women Strong Girls volunteers from Point Park University. We introduced the idea as a way to show our neighbors in Allentown that we love healthy snacks. We felt the best way to do this that would allow the boys to brainstorm together would be - you guess it - smoothies! The boys decided that peaches and raspberries would go great together, as well as bananas and pineapple juice. After a few minutes of making the smoothies, off we went!
Our first stop was to Hilltop Alliance and Pittsburgh Works, our neighbors upstairs, who were pleasantly surprised by our "intrusion", but enjoyed the refreshing snack towards the end of the work day. They support the Brashear Association in several ways, so we definitely wanted to treat them! Back to the street we went, looking to stop at the....
....police station! While we weren't able to go inside the precinct, we managed to grab the attention of this fine officer who quickly devoured the smoothie. He said it was refreshingly cool on an unusually warm October day! Before heading back onto Warrington, we stopped to chat with our good friends in....
....Black Forge Coffee House! Nick and company (aka his customers) eagerly accepted the smoothies to balance out the heat from their coffee/tea-infused drinks. The boys also told them who we were and why we were dropping by with the afternoon snack. And so the journey continued as we next stopped at....
....Spool! The neighborhood sewing/quilting/tailoring/etc. experts and guests were surprised by our mission but nonetheless gratefully accepted the treat. What a long journey it was; being only halfway done, we attempted to speed up our pace to visit as many stores as we could. With our supply dwindling rapidly, we made a few more stops on that side of the street before we supplied Marge, our friendly neighborhood crossing guard, with her own smoothie. After crossing the street, we stopped by the Boost Mobile phone store, Paisanos Pizzeria, and Leon's Caribbean Restaurant. Our assemblage made its way back to ALEC after having dispensed all of the smoothies to our neighbors.
With a hard days work behind us, we returned to ALEC and enjoyed the rest of our free time before heading down to dinner at A Giving Heart. A big thank you to our neighbors along Arlington Avenue and Warrington Avenue who were willing to try our healthy snack! For more info about them, check out the websites below!
- Steven
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