Sisters crusading either for world peace or jelly beans

Denver, Colo. – After 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 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 after a long period of thought. “So by people of every race and country donating some of their jelly beans [to the 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 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 jelly beans are often 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 donating as many jelly beans to us as possible, as soon as possible.”

“Except for the spiced ones,” added Denise. “The spiced ones are disgusting.”

After 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. That’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.