The time is here to assemble the Valley State Prison goodie bags for Christmas, but we are FAR short of ingredients. Will someone please help us?

I have only a couple of items per bag and have worked for weeks to get more. We need to show 4,500 women that WE CARE. Please dig deep and help before Dec. 8 or we are gonna have some real disappointed ladies.

This is a plea from the heart. Come on, folks, a little goes a long way and these women must NOT BE FORGOTTEN. CCWF and CIW are getting wonderful bags, so how do we tell Valley State they don't count?

What we need now are the coffee and cocoa, soap, clear gallon size bags, travel size lotion or shampoo, and candy. The candy must be wrapped, individual miniatures like peppermints or chocolate. No gum.

The prison is strict to say the least, but if you send us a disallowed item we will use it for the kids, so nothing will go to waste. This will give each inmate a small goodie bag for Christmas. This is the first year for bags to VSP, and we want to remember the ladies with some small token.

Please start early for next year because we will do a lot more given that time frame. This year, we didn't know we needed to do this until September, so I apologize for the 11th hour plea. Thank you so much; what this means to these women you can never know.

Send your donations, which are tax deductible, to Grandmothers of the Light, 40511 Road 222, Bass Lake, CA 93604, Attn: Charli Eaton. We will receipt you. For more information, call (559) 683-7748 or toll free (866) 500-7376 or visit www.grandmothersofthelight.org.

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