Day 36 - Planning for Treats-4-Troops

"Vision without action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare."
---Japanese proverb

Today I began planning for the MoverMoms big annual candy collection project called Treats-4-Troops. We collect extra and donated Halloween candy and give it to Boatsie's Boxes, a West Virginia organization that packs it all in Christmas stockings for US troops of all faiths in all branches of the military in Iraq and Afghanistan. The organization is run by a super-dynamic, amazing woman named Boatsie VanVranken, who send shipments of goodies to soldiers at different times of the year.

I am hoping that together with MoverMoms and so many other people in the community who get involved in this that we can collect as much or more candy than in the past two years -- namely one or two van loads -- which would be wonderful. My favorite parts about the project are the generosity of kids, who so willingly fork over their candy when they find out it's going to US soldiers, and the way it enables the crossing of paths of so many kind people in the community.