A group of friends and I are putting together a clothing drive for needy families. The clothes we collect will be cleaned and repaired if necessary. Then we'll take it down to the two missions (men and women's homeless shelters) and serve dinner while passing out clothes. I've invaded the local freecycle list and gotten some great stuff, but want to approach my neighborhood too. I thought it would be fun to do our collecting on Halloween. Collecting clothes instead of candy has a lot of appeal, plus it will be fun to do in costume with our kids.
So...I want to put together a flyer to take door to door so that if people want to give us clothes, they can have them ready when we come pick up, but can't think of a fun way to say it.
I was thinking something like "We don't want to scare the socks off you...but ...". I really wanted something that went "Trick or ______" but I couldn't think of any clothing items that rhyme with treat.
Suggestions? I want to do the flyer up later today and pass them out tonight. Thanks!!
[ October 20, 2005, 02:11 PM: Message edited by: jeniwren ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
How about "strip or treat"? *giggles*
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Strip or treat would work well if you could get your kid to go as "Naching Frash" a naked frog, of course they'd have to be dressed, but oh well my family is weird.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Trick or strip works out fine. And it leads delightfully into turning tricks jokes, which could lead to Trick or Teat jokes.
Clearly it's a good thing that I'm not part of this group.
I'll go now.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
"Clothes your doors and smock your windows, we're strip-or-treating for a good cause!"
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Oh that's VERY good, kq, I love it!
*laughs*
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
I got a girlfriend to dress up as a stripper clown one Halloween. She had big shoes, trench coat, red nose, clown makeup, etc. She even wore the rainbow wig in both places.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
"Do you have old clothes haunting your closets? Now's the time to exorcise the clutter demons!"
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
We're going to scare the shirt out of you!
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
These are great, don't stop!
(Zan, I had to read that twice to "get it". me. I must be losing it.)
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
You should've seen where she put the 2 squirt flowers.
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
Don't give up the ghost; give up your clothes!
This Halloween, help somebody else dress up!
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
*eyes burn out reading zgator's post*
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
These are perfect, thank you everyone. I think the flyer turned out okay, largely due to your help! Hopefully we'll collect some really good stuff from the neighborhood that will help people in real need.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Just be careful they don't expect YOU to strip for the clothes you are picking up.
Also, wear sunglasses..you might need to protect your eyes from the glare if someone answers the door after mistaking your intent.....
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me. I must be losing it.)
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