7/11/92 Contents of Refridgerator Sized Boxes
January 14, 2012
Back in 1992, I traveled to Romania to take needed items to
orphans. Fans sent clothes and toothbrushes and toys. At some point,
I decided to also take art supplies, knowing the children I would see
had never been exposed to paper, crayons, etc. Michael's (the arts
and crafts store) gave me massive quantities of items I requested in
exchange for singing on their commercial. The amount of supplies
here probably sound small, but remember: these boxes were enormous
refridgerator sized containers. The cigarettes were to bribe guards
or anyone trying to keep us from visiting the children in need. Just
one cigarette was all it took to win someone's favor. An entire pack
would have been like handing someone a block of gold. I'd like to take
a moment here and thank the good people who believed in my journey
and donated so many goods (friends, family, fans) and to Lufthansa for
generously allowing me to ship these 22 boxes for free. It would have
cost thousands of dollars, and their kindness brought a lot of joy to
hundreds of neglected, forgotten children, not only in the orphanages,
but living on the streets. (Some items listed, I have no recollection of what
they were. Feminine products and condoms were highly sought after, but
had to be given as casually as possible to the nurses or families we encountered.
And, today, it would be very hard to ship the meds, cigs, or coffee items
without a lot of rig-a-ma-roo, I suppose.)
7/11/92
#1 Clothes/shoes/stuffed toy animals
#2 Clothes for teenage girls
#3 Crayons/pencils/puffy things
#4 Children's sweaters
#5 Teen girls/hats/gloves/belts/sweat/st.animals/baby wipes
4 baby food/socks/diapers/baby booties/baby clothes
#6 Sweatshirts/lotion/1 sneaker/1 cowboy boot
#7 Coffee/shoes/pants sets/TP/felt/cigs
#8 Bubbles/notebooks/fans/bracelets/washclothes
sunglasses/mini-staplers/nerf football/harmonicas
dolls/tiny kleenex/jackets/boys shirts/nyquil/pre-teen girls
crest/TP/toddlers/shopping bags/toothbrushes
#9 combs/TB & P/hairbands/combs/travel shampoo/band-aids
#10 scissors
#11 boys clothes/chloraseptic/cigs/girls clothes/TBrush & paste
#12 TP/boys clothes/medicine/baby clothes/toothb/colgate/cigs
coffee/combs & br
#13 Toys/instruments/Bubble neck
#14 Toothb/Toothp/TP/coffee
#15 Paper
#16 TP & TB
#17 Chalk/markers/crayons/pers. shampoo/sketchpads
#18 Pap/teenage boys/coffee/st. animals/off supp
#19 Patches/pushpins/col. books/drawing paper/rubberbands/
pencils/nametags
#20 Glue/TP/toddlers/beads/pt. brushes/some clothes/jackets/cigs
#21 Paper (roll)
#22 Paper (roll)
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