My son, Tray, is a fairly fanatical Star Wars fan and has recently acquired a serious Storm Trooper outfit. He is the one on the right working for the Salvation Army in Boulder, Colorado and he tells the following story.

“While bell ringing for Salvation Army on Saturday, December 8th we noticed this gentleman with his two kids and his son was dressed up is his Darth Vader costume complete with lightsaber. The gentleman walked up to us and had his son put a $5 bill into the bucket. He told us he got a call from a friend who had walked out our door, telling him we were there collecting money for SA and he drove up in the snow and bad weather just to bring his son to see us. Our Vader was impressed. The father had no intentions of shopping at Walmart but he did go in to get more change to put into the bucket. He stayed visiting with us for more than fifteen minutes. We love when kids are dressed up as one of us. It makes it all the more enjoyable.”

Armed bellringers just gives it all a homey touch, don’t you think?

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