Note to potential Santas

[melissajm]

Toys R Us is matching donations to Toys For Tots done at its stores. If anyone was thinking of doing it, it's a way to donate twice as many toys.

My husband (boyfriend at the time) got me started on the annual T4T donation. He was working at Woolworth's, and with the help of a sale and his employee discount, he bought a brand new kid's bike. He goes up to the Marine on duty with this herfty box in his arms and asks "Can you arrange things so that this will fit in the barrel?"

Marine, eyebrow raised: "What is it?"

Husband-to-be: "It's a bike."

That was the only time I've ever seen a Marine cry. It was really something. Give it a try.

Comments

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up. And the wonderful story!!!

[shaolingrrl.livejournal.com]

Quite a hubby you got there. :-)

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

That is so very cool. Often they just get kind of crappy toys. The Marines take T4T very seriously. It offsets the rest of their job.

I'm in the SCA and I always try to attend the T4T tournament. The Marine guards think we are weird, but cool.