For a penny donation JoeBites made $60 -- or about 600 "guys." The money will be sent to CARE and the Nature Center.

For a penny donation JoeBites made $60 — or about 600 “guys.” The money will be sent to CARE and the Nature Center.

Hope everyone had a great New Year’s. I have not been blogging lately because school is so busy, but I did find a little time to raise a little money over the holidays.

When I was a little kid I did not carry a blanket or stuffed animal around. My security blanket, as it were, were those little plastic animals. You know how there are little plastic Army men? Well, these are animals. You can get zoo animals, farm animals, reptiles, birds, aquatic animals — all kinds. I would not leave the house without two or three in each hand. I used to play with them all the time. I made “set ups” with them and I called them “guys.” This became a cheap and easy gift for me. I got “guys” from my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. I ended up with hundreds of “guys.”

Now that I am older I don’t play with them anymore and I wanted to get the pails upon pails of them out of my room. So, I took them to my Dad’s store (The Import Store, http://www.theimportstore.com) and for a penny donation to the Nature Center or Big Cat CARE, you could chose a “guy.”

I started with about 8 pails and I’m down to about 3. We’ve made $60 from it, or about 600 “guys.” I get to send a check to the Nature Center for $30 and Big Cat CARE for $30. Those “guys” paid off!

For a penny donation to the Nature Center or CARE, you could get one "guy."

For a penny donation to the Nature Center or CARE, you could get one “guy.”