iWL Cares helps families celebrate Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

As the official day to give thanks, we want to express our gratitude to all of you – a big fat THANK YOU to all of our clients and translators who every day make inWhatLanguage what it is! It is thanks to you that we strive every day to be a little better and to do greater things for our community.

And speaking of which, Thanksgiving has also been a wonderful opportunity to give back to society with a new iWL Cares initiative! Once again, Karlie Bodine has been in charge of organization.

“We visited three families the day before Thanksgiving”, she explains. “Each family has had their own hardships they have faced and continue to face every single day- whether it was extreme health problems, abuse, single parenthood, or other adversities. Each family genuinely deserved the help and we were all extremely grateful to help them, as they were grateful to receive the help.”

The experience was particularly moving, according to Karlie: “Through tears, we delivered hams, rolls, pies, salads, yams, potatoes, stuffing, gravy, food cans, and many other Thanksgiving day goodies along with a grocery store gift card to each family. Perhaps one of the most inspiring moments, was when one of the people we visited offered to pay it forward, stating that she knows others who could use the help more than her.”

Everybody deserves a plentiful Thanksgiving dinner, and the team at inWhatLanguage cannot feel more proud to have contributed to this beautiful tradition in these three homes. “While we all live our day-to-day lives with have our own struggles, it is important to remember what you have and be mindful that there are always others who may be less fortunate,” says Karlie Bodine. “It is then crucial to remember to reach out to those people. This is an idea that I think is being lost as our world advances, but at inWhatLanguage we don't want people to ever forget that there are always going to be people there for them and to remember to help and inspire those around you.”

“Thank you so much! All of you!! (...) I love you all! I know I didn't express it well...  Kind of overwhelmed by the love! Please let them all know! (...) What a blessed wonderful day!” This was a message we received from one of the families after iWL’s visit. The knowledge that we helped some families enjoy a more blissful Thanksgiving day is undoubtedly our greatest reward!