Colin collected for UNICEF last year. We didn't do it this in part because some people seemed uncomfortable to be giving out money (though others were more than happy about it), but mostly because we donated the money via the internet to UNICEF in Colin's name last year and then he suddenly got a TON of junk mail from charities. Didn't go over well with me at all.

So I wanted a good option instead of UNICEF and I proposed to Colin the idea of collecting food for the food bank and he liked it, too. DH didn't think we needed to pass out the flyers but I thought it would make it easier all the way around. He says it did and several people apparently said "Oh, you must be Colin" when Colin said he was collecting cans for the food bank because he had put his name on his note.

Rachel