MORE! (Yeah, I got carried away chanting as I wrote it.)
Shelly at This Eclectic Life is giving you a chance to make a memory for children, both ill and their well siblings, next summer. Cool, right? And, you do not have to be able to sew or knit or crochet – or even use a glue stick.
Now you may remember Shelly as the woman who spearheaded Share A Square this past year – successfully. If not, check it out, there were 140 children at Camp Sanguinity that had a reason to smile because normal every day people like you and I took a few minutes of their time (well, some took more).
This year, rather than afghans for the kids, we are making medicine bags (those that can, please offer to!) and filling them with three “good luck charms” each. I’m not doing the math, but it’s a lot of good luck charms, tokens, talismans, whatever you choose to label them. Now, the idea is that each little medicine bag has an item from three different people.
If, like me, you are at a loss as to what small item to donate (with a little note or poem attached), Shelly shares a few of the things she thought of. What makes you feel lucky or puts a smile on your face?
Leon carries around a tiny Guiness promotional bottle opener and knife blade that belonged to his grandmother in England. She used it to peel oranges. Obviously, that is not appropriate for the kids, but many of us have something we keep around us for luck, and who knows, maybe the kids will someday cherish something we have sent — or at least realize it is OK to keep a small something to bring back good memories or make them feel luckier than usual – and find something special to them.
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