All right, everybody. All of my new ideas hit me when I'm half-asleep, and so last night when I was laying in bed I was struck with inspiration. The new Christmas agenda: gift baskets full of art supplies for homeless kids. I'm going to be contacting a local shelter and asking how they like people to go about donating things, and based on that we can figure out how to do this. I'm thinking either get a total for how many small children there are at the shelter, or if it is constantly changing, just do a few huge baskets full of art supplies. I'm thinking crayons, colored pencils, markers, watercolors, pads of watercolor paper, pads of drawing paper, coloring books, construction paper...
We can make this happen. And actually do something worthwhile. We can do this based on donations from members as well as revenue from the candy-cane-o-grams sale (it usually does pretty well...or at least it did last year).
Any ideas? Let me know. Comment on this post, talk to me in school, text me, email me (my info's on the sidebar). I'm excited. And if Ms. Altman doesn't approve of it (which I don't see why she wouldn't, but just saying), I'll be doing this as an individual thing. Either way, it's going to happen. Let me know your thoughts!
Liz Lupher
I think it's a fantastic idea! Except, we should put them in (white)paper bags. Then we could hand out the bags to members to either: help fill up with supplies, or members could decorate the bag. I think it the bag had art on it, kids would definitely love it.
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