On Tuesday, we got up bright and early to go to Walmart to finish our shopping (well...bright and early for us). We met Christina (one of the wives of the soldiers who's been helping throughout this process) there and we went to work. First up were pillows. 30 pillows and three carts later, we were at the customer service desk. We left them three there and got 3 empty carts. To make things easier, we connected all 4 carts together using the child seatbelt. We loaded up the carts with paper towels, laundry baskets, air freshner, soap, and more. I can't even count how many sideways looks we got and how many time I had to say excuse us, and explain what we were doing. It was quite a scene, I have to say. Here are some pictures...
After the shopping trip, it was time to drop it at the storage unit and work on stuffing the bags. We've decorated the bags, now it was time to stuff them with the red, white, and blue tissue paper stock them full with hygiene items (shampoo, razors, soap, etc.) and finish them off with some red, white, and blue curly ribbon. After working for a couple hours, the bags were looking good and ready to be put in baskets. The baskets we will be doing tomorrow along with signs. Then on Friday we will be going to the barrack rooms and putting everything together. Below are some pictures of us all and the kids putting together the bags. I will update more after we do the baskets, signs, and rooms. Hope you are all having a wonderful day.
Michelle & Meg
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