Skylar Bogan displays the contents of one of the shoeboxes she uncrustables peanut butter Thursday to House to Home, the Parkersburg day shelter assisting homeless and economically disadvantaged people. PARKERSBURG — Some people watch a favorite holiday movie each year.
Others open a single present on Christmas Eve. Skylar Bogan’s special Christmas tradition is delivering shoeboxes stuffed with snacks and supplies to the clients at the House to Home day shelter in Parkersburg. She’s been doing it for 12 years. A Parkersburg resident and college student, Bogan began bringing donations to the Eighth Street shelter when she was just 10 years old.
After Thursday’s delivery of 100 boxes, she said she’s filled and distributed more than 1,500 boxes. That allowed them to add even more items to the boxes, with soap, combs and elastic bands joining the snacks, gloves, hand warmers, toboggans, chapstick, toothbrushes and more already included. Stacks of shoeboxes filled by Parkersburg resident Skylar Bogan, her friends and family are shown at House to Home on Eighth Street in Parkersburg on Thursday. They looked for items that were both necessary and easy to pack. Changes have included opting for small packs of Pringles rather than bagged chips and a shift to pre-packaged Uncrustables instead of homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Clients of the shelter look forward to Bogan’s delivery each year, said Michele Rusen, secretary for the House to Home board. While board members plan to distribute most of the boxes at a breakfast this morning, Bogan was happy to see some clients were there when she arrived Thursday. The pandemic kept clients from gathering for the annual Christmas meal last year, so she didn’t get to hand out many boxes last year. Are you a paying subscriber to the newspaper? The Duke’s Mayo Bowl saw one of the most cringeworthy moments in college football history as the announcers highlighted an unlikely duo during a brief lull in the game. Anish Shroff, to share a unique snack during the Thursday morning game between North Carolina and South Carolina. Mike you came up with ideas of unconventional foods that work with mayonnaise.
Golic said, proudly holding up what looked like an Oreo. Shroff, obviously incredulous at what was about to take place. Golic proceeded to dunk the cookie in a full jar of mayonnaise and rake up a healthy blob of the white egg and oil-based condiment before popping the whole thing in his mouth. Schroff reached for his cookie much more hesitantly. Golic said as Schroff paused chewing, obviously trying to overcome the gut-wrenching combination of the cookie dolloped with mayo.
Shroff said after the camera cut away from the announcers and focused back on the field. Shroff added as he seemed to recover from his initial shock at the combination. This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and dip everything in mayonnaise. Even music legend Dionne Warwick weighed in. I need both of these young men to take a paid leave and really think about what is going on here.
Announcers dipped an Oreo in Mayonnaise. They’re eating mayo with oreos at the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Other unique flavor combinations debuted at the bowl included such appetizing pair-ups as Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches as well as doughnuts dunked in the creamy white mayo. Didn’t you get any creative juices flowing with those mayonnaise flavor profiles from the bowl game? Ashley Hill is a California native that loves God, guns and liberty. History and Spanish and a Master’s in Public Administration. Enjoy the REAL news at your fingertips.