Update 18 – Emergency Fundraiser: Chilly Winds
4 days left to go and it may be down to the wire. Let me just say that the outpouring of support, love and encouragement has been truly humbling, and I can’t begin to tell you how grateful I am…
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
4 days left to go and it may be down to the wire. Let me just say that the outpouring of support, love and encouragement has been truly humbling, and I can’t begin to tell you how grateful I am…
5 Days left. We’re getting down to the wire and I really don’t know how this is going to turn out. All I know is, I need your support and, even though it’s the weekend, I’m still knee-deep, asking for…
6 days left. Six days and the tension is ratcheting up a few more notches. We’re now about $1500 away from our goal. In the last two days there’s been an outpouring of pledges, support and word-of-mouth – it’s been…
7 days left. After my last update yesterday there was a flurry of contributions which got us just past the 50% mark. All I can say is – I am beyond grateful for the love and support I’ve gotten from…
There are those “glass is half empty/glass is half full” people around who look at situations and try to make the best or worst of them. I’m somewhere in the middle at the moment. The Fundraiser has been down to…
Ten days left. And still under half our goal. This weekend we only heard from two of you, but quite a few thousand visited the site. I know everyone likes the idea of getting stuff for free, and everyone balks…
There comes that point in time where the fine line between politely asking for support morphs into screaming for help. I think I may have crossed that line. 12 days left and we haven’t budged from two days ago –…
13 days left and we’re just shy of 50% of our goal. I’ll admit, it’s been a nail-biter and cause for sleepless nights and a lot of Pepcid-AC. I have been relentlessly hounding you all since the beginning of February.…
14 days left and we are still in nail-biting mode. I know a lot of people procrastinate, wait until the last minute or two to make the lifesaving pledge, but in the meantime it’s downright scary. Scary because all this…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – President Clinton – Address to Joint Session of Congress – Feb. 17, 1993 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A wave of optimism, this February 17th…