[workingdog]

Your sunscreen and mylar blankets ideas are gold; I will swipe that idea for our church's packs.

We have two items that are not on your list that our church has: a micro-sized rubber duck for frivolity (cost $.05) and a cheap wash rag (cost $.15)

[JohnFen]

I love the duck idea conceptually, but worry a bit about them ending up as litter[1]. I recently purchased a couple thousand compressed (just add water) washcloths that are about that price and the size of a large candy. I think I'll start including a couple of those.

Thanks!

[1] Speaking of litter, there are a couple of small streams in my part of town, and when I started giving these out, I also started finding mylar blankets in the streams. Fishing them out is no fun. Mylar blankets are particularly bad for the wildlife.

I mentioned this in my letter in further packages, and that if I keep finding mylar blankets improperly disposed of, I'll have to stop including them. Within a week, I stopped seeing them. I think word spread and the community became self-policing about it. That was pretty wonderful to see.