I'm kind of broke and haven't been able to keep up with sending as many care packages as I'd like, and the requests for boots have been getting to me because they're needed and I don't have a prayer of helping with that. Today I was heading by the fraternity/sorority advertising pool on campus and one slogan caught my eye--"A Helping Hand." I stopped and pivoted and talked with a guy there about what I'm doing and about how I can't do as much as I'd like alone. He said they'd love to coordinate and flagged down their leader for me to talk to. I told him about my efforts and how soldiers only get two pairs of boots a year, and when they wear out--which was when I saw him nodding.
"You know about this?"
"Yeah, a lot of us are from military families."
It sounds like we should be able to get something done. I gave them the AnySoldier.com address and watched the coordinator write it down, so if our collaboration falls through, members will still know about it and can help individually. I don't know anything about fundraising and I'm not sure what they'll need me to do, so I may be back to ask for ideas.
Also, this summer I realized there was no Cellphones for Soldiers drop on campus, and today I got permission to place one. I'll be buying a bin this weekend and painting it, and then taking responsibility for watching it and shipping out the phones--hopefully the campus GLBT group will take it over when I graduate. They've been looking for a good cause to adopt.
Okay, I'm done gleeing.