Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit 
2009 Shopping List 

This year, we will distribute 36,000 holiday gift boxes.  We will also hand out 13,000 dolls lovingly dressed by community volunteers.  Our fundraising goal for 2009 is $1.4 million.

We are currently working on our 2009 items which include sweatshirts, underwear, socks, jeans, gloves, hats, candy, dental kits, books, toys and more.  Our wonderful shopping list appears below:

2009 SHOPPING LIST

200,000 pairs of boys' socks

144,000 age appropriate books

103,900 pairs of girls’ socks

96,600 pairs of girls’ briefs

53,400 pairs of boys’ briefs

36,000 packages of candy

36,000 sweatshirts

36,000 dental kits

36,000 warm winter hats

36,000 pairs of gloves or mittens

33,600 pairs of blue jeans

30,300 pairs of boys’ boxers

19,100 “First Family” key chains

13,600 carabiner clip-on calculators

13,000 dolls (volunteer dressed)

11,928 packages of crayons

9,500 “best friend” bracelet sets

9,500 sodoku flip pads

9,300 boys’ sports watches

8,400 “genius” building block sets

8,100 yo-yos

8,000 skateboard “push n go” toys

7,500 diaries with pens

7,400 inflatable guitars

7,400 “rock star” toy microphones

7,400 arts & crafts kits

6,900 spiral footballs

6,100 inflatable swords

5,600 packages of sports pencils

4,800 friction race cars

4,800 inflatable race car mallets

3,900 colorful pencil sets w/sharpener

3,600 packages of colored pencils

3,600 magnetic drawing boards

3,500 world time travel calculators

3,500 toy dinosaurs

2,400 stuffed animals

2,400 pre-school “Let’s Have Fun” puzzles

2,100 bug study sets

2,000 pen sets

1,920 stuffed animal key chains

1,800 domino sets

1,800 insect craft magnet sets

1,200 princess charm bracelets

1,200 princess crown rings

1,200 flower print tote bags

600 stuffed teddy bears (volunteer dressed)