After a jarring day – here’s a heartening story we had intended to publish much earlier, till breaking news swept that plan away. A Holy Rosary School 7th grader named Kyle Joyce is reaching out to help, once again. We heard from him about a different charity effort last fall – and now he, friends, and schoolmates are joining forces to help a former baseball coach that Kyle says has been recalled to active-duty military service. They are having a garage sale on Saturday to raise money, and they are also collecting items. Read on:
Kyle says his former coach has served before and has been sent out again, with a new baby at home. The garage sale is set for 6001 Admiral Way SW on Saturday, 11 am-4 pm, he says, adding, “Me and my friends and my school are trying to send him a care package; he needs loads of things and we need money to buy (and) for shipping and other things.”
We asked what’s needed for the care package. Kyle sent this list:
baby powder
baby wipes
lighters
any type of food (“we don’t have it that good out here so baked goods, candy, anything like that it all that rocks”)
boot insoles
magazines
chapstick
hand sanitizer
gum
tissues
icy hot
phone cards
hot sauce
air fresheners
powder drink mix
ziplock bags
dominoes, dice, cards
any hygiene products work well too.
plain t shirts (nothing identifiable)
powder laundry soap
Kyle didn’t mention this when he wrote, but we thought his name sounded familiar, so we checked our archives; we heard from him last November, when he and friends organized a basketball tournament to raise money for St. Vincent de Paul. We’ll remind you again about the sale on Friday – per Kyle’s request.
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