Extravagant Generosity
In 2008, we launched our Annual Thanksgiving Outreach to the Round Valley Tribal Community, a small beginning rooted in a big promise: Isaiah 58. We started with just five families, a few turkeys, a few prayers and a few friends. But the heart behind it was always big. And before we knew it, it grew!
Year after year, it grew. Until eventually we were serving 250 families, in one tribal community. We were told that, at that level, nearly every family had received a visit from our team. Every family received boxes of food packed with love, a small team of 3-5 people ready and willing to pray for them and bless them, leaving behind a small protocol gift as well. Our Thanksgiving Outreaches were such a blessing to all of us.
Each November, our community and partners would help to make it happen, sowing thousands of dollars to pay for trailer rentals, food purchases, gas for several vehicles and protocol gifts. We gathered every fixing needed for a Thanksgiving feast for at least 250 homes, and 15 family members per household, which they would prepare for themselves on Thanksgiving Day. This was Thanksgiving provided in a way that honored them and offered the ability to prepare a Thanksgiving meal for their family in the privacy and comfort of their own home. Each family received;
• protocol gifts
• 25-pound turkeys
• mashed potatoes & gravy
• stuffing, cranberry sauce, salad
• canned veggies, rolls
• pies, sparkling apple cider and more!
Ten U-Haul trailers. Ten teams, each one led by a local tribal community member and a Singing Feather team leader. Fifty people, hand-delivering hope and food on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
Every doorstep became a doorway to trust and kindness. Every year, for ten years.
We offered prayer when welcomed. We brought love and friendship, both ours, and His, not just food and gifts. And at the end of the day, we all gathered, tribal families and our Singing Feather Ministries teams for a spaghetti dinner, celebrating another year of connection, care, and generosity.
This was more than food.
This was a protocol gift.
A gesture of honor, reconciliation, and an outstretched hand of friendship.
It was, and still is, a reminder to every family:
You are seen. You are valued. You are loved.
