Where ever I go, I take pop tabs from aluminum cans. With the help of neighbors and co-workers, Blu and I have collected at least a 1,000 since last December.
I get some stange looks and questions about my klepto behavior.
Here's why.
The Ronald McDonald Homes have a fundraising campaign called The Pop Tab Collection Program that was started in 1987. It's a little thing that each child (and their family) can do to help support a worthy charity.

Celina is a nice small town where it's people gather to help their neighbors in time of need. Last year, a beautiful little girl in Blu's grade named Claire was diagnosed with an inoperable brainstem tumor. She became a patient at The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and her family would stay at the the local Ronald McDonald House during the time of her treatments. Her prognosis is not a good one, 6-12 months is what her doctors are currently saying is what's left on her life expectancy. The current efforts are trying to get her into a program outside of the US for trial medications.

The Celina Elementary School collected over 50,000 pop tabs last year.

Blu was invited to a birthday party this past Sunday and Claire was in attendance. She is thin, with translucent jaundiced skin. Her hair is growing back and is short and smooth as velvet. Her presence is guarded by her friends, holding her hand to steady her walk as they played. Her smile was grand though.

There's another fundraiser to help the family cover medical costs next month. Cars for Claire is Saturday Oct. 6th at 9am.

I am sure that all of us have been affected by cancer, but especially if your loved one or friend is a child. So, collect your pop tabs and know that this little act will help some family out there.

A good thing that has come from this, is that Blu would like to start a community wide recycling program to help fund the Rondald McDonald Houses. I will gladly volunteer my time to help accomplish the goal of a child to help other children.