Looking for a wedding gift for that difficult to buy for bride and groom?
Stacy Gerlich, a Los Angeles Fire Department Captain, has a creative and useful suggestion. And, she says two-thirds of recipients love it.Â
According to Chip Jacobs’Â Los Angeles Times story:
Newlyweds receiving a wedding gift from Stacy Gerlich these days can expect a little disaster when they unwrap her present. The Los Angeles Fire Department captain forsakes the traditional toaster oven or personalized bric-a-brac, instead stuffing backpacks with goggles, bottled water, toilet paper and other earthquake-survival items.       Â
“Ten out of 15 couples said it was the best gift they’ve ever received,” said Gerlich, who heads the department’s Community Emergency Response Training, a seven-week disaster-training program for city residents.
Of course, I think it’s an inspired idea. And, as Jacobs concludes, “If every Southern Californian invited her to their weddings, the region would be a safer place.”
3 responses so far ↓
1 Robin // Sep 17, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I love it!
Kit items would make great house-warming gifts too.
One Christmas I bought all my friends/family these $5 under-desk safety tubes (http://www.oregonredcross.org/product_detail.asp?Id_product=175&category=40&IDCapitulo=663B0ID44V )
Great “stocking stuffer.”
2 admin // Sep 17, 2008 at 2:39 pm
robin-
those safety tubes are such a sleek, effectively designed item at a great price point.
they are a perfect stocking stuffer.
-john
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