COMMUNITY Youth sisters crusading either for world peace or jelly beans


internationally enjoyed by millions of people despite being originally invented in the Middle East. “Ummmmm… yeah, exactly!”


responded an inspired Denise, possibly realizing a new argument for the donation of jelly beans as a means of calling attention to the importance of the end of prejudice and international feuds. “So if people all over the world love jelly beans, and they were originally only eaten in Turkey, it just goes to show that deep down we’re all not all that different from each other. So please donate as many jelly beans as you can to me and Amy.” Denise mentioned that even though


Above: Amy and Denise Daniels.


Denver, Colo. – Aſter having already spent months


toiling for their cause,


Denise and Amy Daniels of Denver showed determination in continuing their crusade for either world peace or jelly beans by appearing on a local television talk show Tuesday morning and pleading for the donation of more jelly beans. “We’ve already got a lot of jelly beans


from a lot of great supporters, but we need even more jelly beans – many, many more – in order to meet our goal,” said 10-year-old Denise Daniels, who along with her sister Amy, 7, have been going door-to-door around suburban Denver-area neighborhoods collecting their favorite candy in the name of world peace. “Long story short: we need as many jelly beans as people can give us. And, oh, I almost forgot! We want to see world peace.” When prompted by Good Morning,


Denver host Teresa Williams, Denise went on to explain the sisters’ reasoning


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talents or expose them to religion, art, culture and other nurturing influences. “Te other night I overheard Kyle telling


his dad about how he was interested in learning to play ice hockey, but then Jack just responded by going on and on about how expensive all of the equipment is,” said Shore. “Tis right aſter he just dished out five hundred bucks on a new irrigation system for his plants last week. It’s like they’d rather give their azaleas a better opportunity to blossom than their kids. Talk about having your priorities messed up.” “But, hey, that’s just my opinion,” added


Shore. “Who knows, maybe it’s worth undermining your kid’s ability to reach his full potential if that means you get to eat fresh green beans two weeks out of the year.” According to Shore, the Hudsons


routinely convey the impression that they are more concerned about the general wellbeing of their approximately 75 tomato, cucumber, zucchini, bean, cabbage, radish and carrot plants than


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the wellbeing of their two children. “Last summer when Jack found deer


tracks in his precious garden he went right out to Menard’s that very day and bought a new fence to put up,” recalled Shore. “Yet when I asked him yesterday about how his son was feeling aſter listening to the kid hack up a lung the night before and Jack says, ‘Oh yeah, Kyle’s got a cold or something, we think. We’re going to take him to a doctor if he doesn’t get better by the end of the week.’ Poor kid, he’ll probably have to turn green and start sprouting corn out of his ears in order to get their attention.” In addition to appearing more anxious


to talk with Shore about their garden than their children, Jack and Kathy Hudson also take more pride in their gardening achievements than in their children’s scholastic accomplishments.


“Te Hudsons had me over for dinner


“It’s like they’d rather give their azaleas a better opportunity to blossom than their kids,” neighbor Bob Shore said.


last year to ‘celebrate the harvest,’ as they put it,” said Shore, who admitted he is rarely invited into the Hudson residence. “As Kathy served each vegetable she and Jack had to give me the whole who-ha on how well the respective plant had grown, how big their vegetables had gotten and all that jazz. Tey were ear to ear teeth when they paraded out last


year’s prized cucumber and sliced it into the salad. Aſter the whole production, on my way out the door, I happened to notice Anna’s report card sitting on a desk. She


had gotten straight As. You’d think that’s what we would have been celebrating, but no. Tat didn’t even warrant a mention.” Shore predicted that his neighbors’


tendency to nurture their garden more than their children will cause irreparable damage to Kyle and Anna. “Let’s face it, all children tend to compete


for their parents’ attention, but Kyle and Anna are up against a dozen asparagus plants – and losing,” said Shore. “I bet it won’t be more than a couple of years before one of those kids comes home with a tattoo just to get mom and dad to take notice of them. Maybe a nice, big tat of a zucchini in tears hanging from a noose on Anna’s arm will get her parents’ attention.”


as to how the collection of overwhelming piles of hard-shelled gummy sweets promotes world peace. “Well, when you think about it, no


matter who you are or where you’re from, everybody loves jelly beans,” responded Denise aſter a long period of thought. “So by people of every race and country donating some of their jelly beans [to the


jelly beans are oſten associated with the celebration of Easter, people around the world – especially herself and her sister – regardless of their religion, enjoy eating jelly beans year-round. “It isn’t just people who believe in God


[who] eat jelly beans,” noted Denise, whose family is Catholic. “Almost everybody eats jelly beans, whether or not they are going to end up in Hell for not being Catholic. What’s important is that everyone comes together as one by


Denise Daniels: “What’s important is that everyone comes together as one by donating as many jelly


beans to us as possible, as soon as possible. Except for the spiced ones. Tey’re disgusting.”


Daniels sisters], it shows that all people are generous and that we can all come together and agree on at least one thing: that jelly beans are delicious!” Williams echoed Denise’s sentiment by pointing out that jelly beans are


donating as many jelly beans to us as possible, as soon as possible.” “Except for the spiced ones,” added


Denise. “Te spiced ones are disgusting.” Aſter noting


that the similar confectionary known as jelly babies were


originally launched in 1918 in Sheffield, England, as “Peace Babies” to mark the end of World War I, and that production of the candy was forced into suspension during World War II due to wartime shortages, Williams asked if the sisters considered this fact when deciding to use jelly beans as a symbol for promoting world peace. Williams received only a short nod


from Denise regarding her inquiry, as both sisters appeared to be laboriously chewing and unable to verbalize a response. Denise explained that the idea to collect


jelly beans to promote world peace came about during a discussion between the sisters regarding which flavor of jelly bean was their favorite. “Me and Amy were eating jelly beans


and we asked each other which color was our favorite [flavor],” said Denise. “We both could agree that black was our least favorite, but beside that, neither of us could pick a favorite. We kind of like them all equally. Tat’s when we got the idea to do a jelly bean drive, because it’s kind of


the same with people. We


shouldn’t like one color [of] people more than another, we should like them all thee same – just like with jelly beans. At least that’s what my mom and dad say.” Williams closed the interview by


telling viewers that jelly bean donations could be dropped in the Daniels’ family mailbox at 2103 Orlando Avenue and encouraged Denver residents to help promote world peace by donating jelly beans to the Daniels sisters. “Or Skittles!” added Amy Daniels.


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