Sock It To Cancer

05/05/2013

After days and days of rain, prayers were answered and the rain ended for my Eagle project. Highlights of the day:
* Handing over all of the sock and snack donations that I've been collecting for weeks, and knowing that they will be put to good use.
* Seeing some pretty cute kids make sock puppets at our craft station.
* Directing the puppet show ... it was fun seeing it all come together.
* Ending the day by doing the Harlem Shake with some of the Falcons!!

It's been an amazing experience! Thanks to everyone for your support! The process isn't over yet... still need to do the write up. But the project is done and that's a pretty great feeling!

05/04/2013

This is it! One more day until the BIG day! Everything is completed, packed and ready to go! The only thing that I could use is an end to this rainy weather.

05/01/2013

The final cast of characters are assembled...Pets.com dog, Abe Lincoln, Hippy, Princess Rapunzel, and John Coltrane (with a cameo by Kermit the Frog)

04/30/2013

Not exactly your typical Eagle Project supplies and work days, but it's been a lot of fun getting this together...CURE Childhood Cancer family picnic is coming up, Sunday, May 5...and the sock puppet show script is nearly complete!

04/25/2013

Over 100 care packages assembled, more than 260 pairs of socks collected! Thank you to everyone who donated items or your time to help with this project! The puppet theater now has a fresh coat of blue paint. Workday #2 is in the books!

04/12/2013

Thanks to all the scouts who came out and helped with my first workday! The puppet theater is built! Special thanks to Chris "Uncle Gadget" Ryan for hosting the workday, providing the cool tools and lending his expertise to the project. Next step: painting the puppet theater!

04/06/2013

Shopping day at Home Depot! Getting materials for the puppet theater.

03/23/2013

It's been another amazing week with donations! Thank you to everyone who has contributed socks, water bottles and snack items. I even received items in the mail this week for my project!

Many of you have asked how you can help...

Items Needed:
* I am still collecting socks for the children CURE serves when they are going through their treatments. CURE serves newborns - 21 years of age. Anything cute, comfortable and kid friendly - all sizes needed.
* I still need water bottles and snack items for care packages for parents when they are at the hospital. Snack items include individual servings of chips, pretzels, fruit cups, pudding cups, granola bars, cookies, crackers, individual servings of microwaveable soup and pasta.

How to get the items to me:
* If you are in Troop 597, you can bring items to me on Tuesday nights when we meet.
* If you attend Prince of Peace, I am at Life Teen every Sunday night, and would gladly accept items. The preschool at Prince of Peace has been accepting donations for the project. The best time to drop off items at the preschool are between the hours of 9:30-noon.
* If you live in the Dacula/Hamilton Mill area, items can be dropped off at my house.
* If you live out of town but would like to send something, please let me know and I will get you my address.

Thank you for your generosity! - Alex

03/16/2013

Wow! In a little over a week I've exceeded my goal for collecting socks! 100 pairs was easy.... let's shoot for 200 pairs! Thank you to everyone who donated socks, snacks and water bottles. I'll be collecting for a while, so keep the donations coming. Everything donated will help the children and families that CURE serves. -Alex

03/12/2013

http://www.curechildhoodcancer.org/

CURE Childhood Cancer in Atlanta is a nonprofit cancer research foundation dedicated to finding cures for childhood cancer