if you don’t crochet there are other ways to get involved. The simplest is to share the project information with others.

Please read about it here: Share A Square 2010.

Such a simple way to bring a smile to a child’s face.

I know you don’t. And I know you have little items that would make great lucky charms for kids that would hold them dear to their hearts… more dear than you can imagine in your well-educated heads, or your heads filled with nonsense, or whatever.

Remember the 140 afghans that so many people helped make and distribute to kids at Camp Sanguinity in Texas? Kids who were fighting blood diseases or cancer and/or their siblings go there in the summer to just be kids. How cool is that?! Last year, Shelly at This Eclectic Life was able to deliver those afghans because a LOT of people got off their padded posteriors (or sat on them while concentrating on something other than themselves, like knitting, crocheting, or making little cards, or even blogging or calling on other people to help).

This year she asked for a LOT less effort from all of us. I for one, have not come through yet, other than a previous post and good intentions. Good Medicine Project. Little bags less than 4×4 inches and little charms (not glass) that the kids might deem lucky (or soothing or even just downright interesting – in my mind). Now those that can’t sew or knit could find little charms and send them off to Shelly to put together. The latter is not that hard, right?

This is not about making you all feel guilty if you already knew about it. I’m carrying enough guilt for all of y’all, trust me. It’s not about not having to watch Shelly beg. Though, with her, begging could become interesting, she is a story teller — or a horror, depending, she does have a photo of her dressed as a pirate…)

It is that it is not that hard for us to do, if we just take the time. I know, perhaps, time is money, time is hard to find, time is not at your disposal. OK, you are excused. Perhaps you are way too busy, legitimately, already stuffing 29 hours in a 24 hour day – and that on 4 hours sleep. Ok, you are excused as well. You others with honest excuses, we can’t ignore you either. Excused!

But, you who are just letting it slip your mind or saying, tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll do it tomorrow, tomorrow’s a day a way or however that song almost goes, this is your friendly reminder.

Yes, you are welcome. Click on the link above in this post. (or the Button on the left side bar. Then, tomorrow, someone, please, remind me. Just in case I revert to the old me.

And if you are curious about the afghans because you missed out, well, there’s a button on the left to that, too… or you could just click right about here! (This link has info on both… including charm ideas…)

Let’s talk of charms that bring their owner luck. Some people believe very strong in carrying items around with them to either bring them luck or those all important smiles and good thoughts. They may just toss it in their pocket with their loose change, fold it neatly and put in their wallet, or lose it in the cavernous depths of their purse.

Others seem to use their entire house as a collector of memories and good thoughts, with stuff they have gathered over the years in every nook and cranny.

Now, whichever way they are kept, some items (lucky charms) are found, many are carefully picked out, and many received from others. And, guess what, we can all be the others!

Shelly, yes, the same Shelly who started and worked extremely hard at Share A Square for an entire year, has come up with another way for us to show the children that attend Camp Sanguinity that others care about them. And you don’t have to knit or crochet this time or sew (but they are needed, too!!). It is called, “The Good Medicine Project”.

All you have to do is find a small, not so fragile, item that feels special, and send them to Shelly to put in little hand made medicine bags for the kids. A little note or poem would be great to tag each one.

Now, I am one of those people that says, “HUH? What do I send as a charm?” I guess I am a little slow in that department, but you guys aren’t. And, besides, Shelly gives you examples of some of the special tiny items she had at her own home that were special to her, but she is given them up for the kids. So, let me send you other to her post. This is something ANYONE can do, the only real money involved is postage to mail a tiny object… ’cause most of these things can be found objects — no bigger than a half dollar.

Just think, these kids might start looking around their environments and find a token to add of their own to create new memories. Click here: