What a lovely Fall we've been having. And it's that time of year again.......time for Jill's 7th Annual Trick or Treat Event. Jill's will be handing out candy to all of our little trick or treaters between 12 - 3 pm during Downtown Naperville's Trick or Treat Event. Our theme this year is "Peace, Love and Jill's - It's been a GROOVY Year!"
We are mixing things up a bit this year. We will still be doing portraits of all the fabulous kiddos in their costumes. However, this year we will be doing this in exchange for a donated item in support of our Operation Support Our Troops (OSOTIL) "Supply" Drive. OSOTIL is a marvelous organization that does many things to assist our US Military and their families. One of their ongoing efforts is that they collect and compile donated items into much-needed Care Packages for our troops serving overseas in Iraq and Afganistan.
For those not familiar with Operation Support Our Troops, you can find more information on their website at www.osotil.org.
The top five most needed items for the care packages are as follows.....A longer list is available on their website.
1. Individual Packets of Artificial Sweetner
2. Slim Jims
3. Individual Packets of Powdered Coffee Creamer
4. Chapstick or Lip Balm
5. Letters from Home - Handwritten Letters are soooo important - We'll be collecting those too. What a wonderful way to say Thank You! No need to address it to anyone in particular - a generic greeting will do just fine!
We feel very fortunate here at Jill's and are very hopeful that all of our Jill's Friends will come out and help us show the Men and Women of our US Military how much we respect, admire and thank them.
