sf wrote:
On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:17:42 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:


"Sheryl Rosen" wrote

Nancy Young at wrote

I'm thinking it's better to just donate the price we would have
paid to get a tshirt directly to (your charity here), anyone know
what I'm trying to get across? Sorry, I'm running out the door
and don't have time to be clearer.

I have to agree with Nancy on this one. It's a nice idea to
donate the profits from selling the t-shirts but...why go through
all the trouble of designing a t-shirt, apron, what-have-you,
then having people process orders, spend money on postage,
whatever, just to donate $2 per shirt to the
hurricane relief? That way it's more about the shirt than the
donation.

Thanks, Sheryl, you said what I was trying to say. (smile) Sorry,
I just blurted and ran.

Check with your employer, many businesses are matching employee
contributions dollar for dollar.

You know, my company used to do this. I raised $500 for the Muscular
Sclerosis Society and they matched it, dollar for dollar. Then a
reorganization happened and they stopped. No idea why.

Jill

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
Are we still doing t-shirts? I know our contributions wouldn't be
immediate, but people will need help for months and years to come. Maybe
we can help a little.

Carol


Want to do another cookbook???
g/d/r/

gloria p

One time on Usenet, Melba's Jammin' said:
In article . com,
"nancree" wrote:

As of now, they're not accepting clothing or food donations. No place
to keep them.
Just money.
Maybe later.
Nancree


Were you replying to Damsel? I think she's suggesting that money from
the sale of rfc logo whatevers be directed towards relief needed because
of Katrina.

That's what I figured she meant too, and it sounds like a good idea...

--
Jani in WA (S'mee)
~ mom, VidGamer, novice cook, dieter ~

Nancy Young wrote:
"Wayne Boatwright" wrote

On Sat 03 Sep 2005 09:17:42a, Nancy Young wrote

"Sheryl Rosen" wrote

I have to agree with Nancy on this one. It's a nice idea to donate the
profits from selling the t-shirts but...why go through all the trouble
of designing a t-shirt, apron, what-have-you, then having people
process orders, spend money on postage, whatever, just to donate $2 per
shirt to the hurricane relief? That way it's more about the shirt than
the donation.

Thanks, Sheryl, you said what I was trying to say. (smile) Sorry, I
just blurted and ran.

Any reason why we can't do both? I think a lot of us would still like to
have a shirt, donations or not. Separate donations specifically for the
Katrina victims would probably be larger anyway.

I have no problem with that whatsoever. I'm in. It just seems a difficult
way to drum up money for donations right now. People said they didn't
want to pay more than $10 for a tshirt, so that would, after all is said and
done, at the end of the day, don'tcha know, it's only a few bucks to donate
per tshirt. If someone wants to do the work, I'm all for it.

I'll just make my own donations and we could have a collective rfc donation
with the tshirts.

nancy

Seems to me it would make a lot more sense to simply donate a few cases
of rfc shirts... when the shirt on your back is stinkin' filthy a new
shirt will be appreciated a whole more than two bucks... what pray tell
will those souls do with cash?!?!? IF the needy even see the bucks.....
can't eat it, can't bathe with cash.

Sheldon

jmcquown wrote on 9/3/2005:

snip

You know, my company used to do this. I raised $500 for the Muscular
Sclerosis Society and they matched it, dollar for dollar. Then a
reorganization happened and they stopped. No idea why.

Jill

For me and someone very close to me who has MS, thank you!

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 09:52:32 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:


I think it was killed by 'Design by Committee' ... first it was
tshirts, then it was aprons, then does the logo have the date,
no date ... whatever. I think the idea just choked on itself.

Yep! I was primed and ready to go forth on the tshirt project..but
then came aprons...and more discussion than I had time to look at. So
I went into the "wait" mode.

I'm thinking it's better to just donate the price we would have
paid to get a tshirt directly to (your charity here), anyone know
what I'm trying to get across? Sorry, I'm running out the door
and don't have time to be clearer.

That's a great idea. I have already made my donation to the Red Cross
and I hope everyone else will make some donation to the charity of
their choice.

I was in News Orleans the last week of May and I'm just sick over
what's happened there...and the non-response of our government until
the media lit a fire under them. Those poor folks are going to need
all the help they can get.

Debra

On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 01:52:30 GMT, Debra Fritz wrote:

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 09:52:32 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:


I think it was killed by 'Design by Committee' ... first it was
tshirts, then it was aprons, then does the logo have the date,
no date ... whatever. I think the idea just choked on itself.

Yep! I was primed and ready to go forth on the tshirt project..but
then came aprons...and more discussion than I had time to look at. So
I went into the "wait" mode.

I'm up for a decent apron because I USE aprons, but t-shirts are fine
too.

"Sandi" wrote in message
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kevin wrote:
jmcquown wrote on 9/3/2005:

snip

You know, my company used to do this. I raised $500 for the Muscular
Sclerosis Society and they matched it, dollar for dollar. Then a
reorganization happened and they stopped. No idea why.

Jill

For me and someone very close to me who has MS, thank you!

Ditto...the SigOther has MS

Sandi

You and Kevin are both very welcome. One of my best friends has MS; she was
only 32 when she was diagnosed. Strong lady, but it's so debilitating.
She's never lost her sense of humour, though. When she had to start using a
geriatric-type cane, she had another friend paint it so it looked like a
Toucan (bird) complete with a beak on the handle! (laughing)

She had to move back up to Ohio to be closer to her family so she'd have a
family support system around her. That was back around 1995. (This reminds
me, her birthday is in October. I must remember to send her a card.) She
and her new husband (god bless him) came to visit a couple of years ago. It
was so hard seeing this young woman who used to kick my ass at a game of
darts reduced to being in a wheelchair. She can still walk, it's just
difficult for her. (sigh)

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
"Sandi" wrote in message
oups.com...

kevin wrote:
jmcquown wrote on 9/3/2005:

snip

You know, my company used to do this. I raised $500 for the Muscular
Sclerosis Society and they matched it, dollar for dollar. Then a
reorganization happened and they stopped. No idea why.

Jill

For me and someone very close to me who has MS, thank you!

Ditto...the SigOther has MS

Sandi

You and Kevin are both very welcome. One of my best friends has MS; she was
only 32 when she was diagnosed. Strong lady, but it's so debilitating.
She's never lost her sense of humour, though. When she had to start using a
geriatric-type cane, she had another friend paint it so it looked like a
Toucan (bird) complete with a beak on the handle! (laughing)

She had to move back up to Ohio to be closer to her family so she'd have a
family support system around her. That was back around 1995. (This reminds
me, her birthday is in October. I must remember to send her a card.) She
and her new husband (god bless him) came to visit a couple of years ago. It
was so hard seeing this young woman who used to kick my ass at a game of
darts reduced to being in a wheelchair. She can still walk, it's just
difficult for her. (sigh)

Jill

SigOther was diagnosed 17 years ago with it. He's still walking but
occasionally has some problems with muscle spasms and loss of feeling
in his legs.He always uses a cane now. A friend's daughter also has it.
It seems the Pacific Northwest especially the Puget Sound area is one
of the regions of the country with a large MS population.

Sandi

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 22:23:25 GMT, Puester
connected the dots and wrote:

~Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
~ Are we still doing t-shirts? I know our contributions wouldn't be
~ immediate, but people will need help for months and years to come.
Maybe
~ we can help a little.
~
~ Carol
~
~
~Want to do another cookbook???
~g/d/r/
~
~gloria p

You're volunteering to run it? Sure!

maxine in ri

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

Are we still doing t-shirts? I know our contributions wouldn't be
immediate, but people will need help for months and years to come. Maybe
we can help a little.

Carol

What a good idea!!!! I am still interested in t-shirts, but I
am not the least bit interested in aprons....

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." said:

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

Are we still doing t-shirts? I know our contributions wouldn't be
immediate, but people will need help for months and years to come. Maybe
we can help a little.

Carol

What a good idea!!!! I am still interested in t-shirts, but I
am not the least bit interested in aprons....

Another thought I have, since there's so much disparity about what the logo
should go on ....

We could sell iron-on transfers in a couple sizes and a couple colors, and
people can put them on their own damn stuff. EG

Carol

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

Any reason why we can't do both? I think a lot of us would still like to
have a shirt, donations or not. Separate donations specifically for the
Katrina victims would probably be larger anyway.

Yes, one could do both. OTOH, most of us would not be able to
donate a chunk like rfc as a whole (or part) could.

--
Jean B.

sf wrote:

Check with your employer, many businesses are matching employee
contributions dollar for dollar.

Whole Foods is matching customer donations--at least in my area.

--
Jean B.

Sheldon wrote:

Seems to me it would make a lot more sense to simply donate a few cases
of rfc shirts... when the shirt on your back is stinkin' filthy a new
shirt will be appreciated a whole more than two bucks... what pray tell
will those souls do with cash?!?!? IF the needy even see the bucks.....
can't eat it, can't bathe with cash.

Sheldon

I am assuming the cash would go to some organization that is
involved down there--not that it would necessarily be passed
on as cash.

--
Jean B.