Colorado Flood Survivors in Greeley, Colorado receive Muffins

Castle Marne B&B co-owner Louie Feher-Peiker, just returned from delivering "Operation Muffin Drop" to survivors of the 2013 Colorado Flood.  If you've been reading my recent blogs you know that every year we mail home baked muffins overseas to our fighting men and women in war zones.

After seeing the devastating damage on t.v. to thousands and thousands of homes, roads and entire towns, we decided to send our muffins up the road 60 miles north of Denver to the town of Greeley, in Weld County.  Greeley was among the least damaged of the towns inundated in Colorado's most destructive natural disaster.

This morning, just days after the Big Thompson, Cache La Poudre and Platte rivers roared down the mountains through towns, cities, neighborhoods, homes and fields wiping entire communities off the map, out onto the high plains of Colorado, the flood waters are still up to the tops of their banks.  Streets, yards, fields are still flooded.  He said there is filthy water everywhere.

The closer he drove to the food bank of Weld County, the traffic slowed to a virtual crawl.  He sat in a long line of cars waiting to be let into the parking lot of a large one-story cinderblock building.  Lines of people were standing patiently, waiting to get in to pick up a box of food.  He said the sight broke his heart.  Walking amongst the hundreds of people standing in line, he looked at his arms full of muffins and felt totally ineffectual.  He told me the sheer overwhelming need of these people dwarfed our humble offering.

The volunteers at the food bank greeted Louie with warm smiles and heartfelt gratitude.  They told him they'd been waiting for him so they could pack the children's lunches with our muffins as the dessert.

Louie looked around the giant warehouse space filled with people collecting their meals for the next few days.  He told me it was all he could do to not cry.

Now my husband is not one to easily become emotional, but the overwhelming need was almost too much to bear.  So if you are reading this blog, please go to HelpColoradoNow.org now to make a small difference in these peoples's lives.  The people of Colorado thank you.