The plea to aid Diane Campbell's shelter pulled my heartstrings! I knew I had to do something to help!!! Coming home from town today I passed a yard sale and remembered their needs! I turned around and went back and had a wonderful experience! I asked the woman if she had any old towels or linens and explained what I wanted them for. All she had was a stack of baby blankets-a good size stack-she offered them to me for 50 cents! She was interested and we talked "ferret" for about 15 minutes. She said she has friends who live in a housing development that is having a community yard sale over the upcoming holiday weekend. She said she would call them and have them pull out all their towels, linens and baby blankets. She took my name and number and said she would call me as soon as she collected everything! This is a person who thought a ferret was a "rat-type" creature! Boy did I set her straight!! So folks-if you see a yard sale-why not stop and ask! Not only is it a cheap way to help a shelter out, but it's a way to teach people about ferrets! This woman was full of misconceptions about ferrets! Now she is interested! She gave me her name and number and she wants to "be sure to attend" my ferret day because, admittedly, she has never seen a ferret!!! Reach out and teach where you can!! And if you can help a shelter out in the meantime-well hallelujah! Dooks to all!! DELLA and the TUMBLEWEEDS Tyson(I neeeeeeed an ear...) Einstein(gettaway from me!!!) [Posted in FML issue 2723]